A twenty something gay man travels from Chicago to his home in rural Missouri following the death of his father — an obsessive hoarder who has left a house full of items, some valuable and some not so, to pick through.
The hanging of child murderer, William Carr
An inside look at Jessica Piper, a Democratic Candidate running for a House seat in District 1 of Missouri. This is a snapshot of her mind and what it feels like to run a campaign in an overlooked place.
Since he was 18 years old, Blake Eckard has written and directed six feature length films in his hometown of Stanberry, Missouri (population 1186). Aside from a short distribution deal in Canada and a few festival screenings, his movies have largely gone unseen.
A feature documentary about Kansas City, as its people tell us how they got through the pandemic and look back at what they lost.
This hilarious, behind-the-scenes adventure shows the unforgettable, year-long production that Trevor Hawkins and his skeleton-crew of endearing renegades went through to bring their gritty film, Lotawana, to life.
David Howitt, a stranger, comes among the mountain folk of the Missouri hills and, taken in by an Ozark family, becomes known as The Shepherd because of his gentle and kindly ways. Years earlier, his son betrayed a mountaineer's daughter, and The Shepherd hopes to atone for his error. When a continued drought threatens the people with starvation and ruin, they lose faith in the "miracle man" and mock him, though he begs them to keep the faith.
A short documentary from 1975 about two women serving 25 years in a Missouri penitentiary. Made with an all-female crew.
Beneath the fury of Ferguson unrest, an affable professor dedicates his life to actionable, peaceful change while attempting the grueling triple crown of ultra-marathon swimming.
The Gateway Arch: A Reflection of America chronicles for the first time the complete story of this great American symbol… from Thomas Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, and St. Louis’ role in westward expansion; to the eventual construction of the largest stainless steel structure in history.
A retired teacher investigates the shadowy history of his rural Missouri community, including the origins of a looming structure known as the Rockpile.
Sweeney Bliss, champion mule raiser in Missouri, takes his prize mule Samson to London, where the British government is trying to decide whether to buy mules or tractors for its colonial troops. He is accompanied by his ritzy wife Julie who has high society aspirations and hopes to have her younger sister Lola Pike marry a British diplomat. Complicating matters is a business rival, Porgie Rowe, who is trying to sell tractors to the government and keeps knocking Sweeney's prize Missouri mules.
A series of racist acts prompts three Mizzou students to pick up cameras and take us inside the student movement that brought down their college president. From the hunger strike, to victory, to the fear of violent reprisals, we live with the students who started a campus revolt.
Humorist Roy Blount Jr. takes viewers on a journey down the Mississippi River, showcasing everything from areas with spectacularly beautiful scenery to ugly and dangerously polluted stretches bordered by industrial development.
The early life of Walt Disney is explored in this family film with an art house twist. Though his reality was often dark, it was skewed by his ever growing imagination and eternal optimism.
Laura, son mari Almanzo et leur fille Rose quittent le Dakota du Sud et se dirigent vers le Missouri à la recherche d'une vie meilleure et plus stable financièrement. C'est un voyage intimidant, mais ils sont soutenus par leur détermination. Cependant, ils sont confrontés à un défi encore plus grand après leur arrivée : un Almanzo malade et alité est incapable de s'occuper de leur nouvelle terre. Alors que l'hiver approche à grands pas, Laura tente de défricher elle-même la terre et de planter les hectares de pommiers qui, espèrent-ils, assureront leur avenir.
La vie paisible d'une communauté rurale de l'Ouest des Etats-Unis est bouleversée le jour où ses habitants sont victimes d'un parasite nocif. Peu à peu, la contagion prend l'envergure d'une épidémie. Chez quelques cas isolés, le parasite jaillit du corps humain sous forme d'une créature sanguinaire...
Joshua Steed returns to Missouri a wealthy man with a beautiful wife; however, the past has a way of catching up. Soon Joshua is tangled in a web of rumors, deception and betrayal that threatens to tear his family apart. Back in Kirtland, financial trouble riddles the foundations of the fledgling Church causing a division, and questioning of the Prophet Joseph Smith's divine calling. Has he lost his prophetic gift? Hundreds of Saints immigrate to Missouri, where Governor Boggs raises an army - with Joshua at its head - to address the "Mormon Problem." When the militia receives orders to attack the Mormon settlement, only Joshua can save his family from the gathering mob.
Dans le petit village de Briarville, l’ancêtre d’Ernest P. Worrell parvint à enfermer un troll sous un arbre. Celui-ci lança un sort pour que sa descendance devienne de plus en plus stupide et qu’un jour quelqu’un finira par le libérer. Ce jour arrive avec Ernest. Il va devoir le combattre avec trois jeunes enfants sous peine de voir la race des trolls renaître.
Tom Sawyer et son ami Huckleberry Finn s'embarquent pour une incroyable aventure sur le fleuve Mississipi, se prenant pour des pirates avant d'assister à leurs propres funérailles puis de devenir témoins d'un meurtre.