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Now that Reesha L. Archibald has made it big as an executive producer on shows including Bounce TV鈥檚 鈥淔inding Happy鈥� and 鈥淛ohnson,鈥� she鈥檚 focused on lifting up St. Louis鈥� talent and providing opportunities for creatives in her hometown.

Sharee Silerio is part of the Academy Award-winning team behind 鈥淭he Last Repair Shop.鈥�

鈥淟ove鈥� is the theme for the 17th annual QFest: self-love and acceptance, romance, familial bonds, fictive kinship and all.

Bill Streeter鈥檚 passion project went on longer than he expected. He鈥檚 ready to find a new way to celebrate St. Louis鈥� music scene.

For Black creatives, getting their 鈥渂ig break鈥� in the television and film industry in St. Louis often means being the only non-white crew member and fighting to get a foot in the door toward a sustainable career.

Reginald Hudlin, the East St. Louis native who came to fame with his 1990 film 鈥淗ouse Party,鈥� played with genre expectations for his first holiday film, 鈥淐andy Cane Lane.鈥� It鈥檚 Hudlin鈥檚 first time working with Eddie Murphy since directing 鈥淏oomerang鈥� in 1992.

鈥淓liza鈥� is a historical short film based on the life of Eliza Rone, a woman enslaved, and eventually emancipated, by the prominent Campbell family in 19th century St. Louis.

Filmmaker Josh Guffey鈥檚 debut feature-length film was produced in the St. Louis area. 鈥淎ll Gone Wrong鈥� will be available to stream starting Jan. 27.

St. Louis filmmaker David Kirkman鈥檚 first feature film, 鈥淯nderneath: Children of the Sun鈥� is a genre-bending ride that tells the story of an enslaved person in antebellum Missouri who is propelled into an intergalactic conflict.

Hettie Barnhill's, 鈥渁 love letter to Brian, Lesley, and Michelle,鈥� will be shown at the Whitaker St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase. The experimental feature is a commentary on the injustices faced by Black people in this country.