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Bob Cassilly dedicated his life to turning a demolished city into art. His legacy remains strong in St. Louis.

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.

Tony Reed and Lisa Davis are two of three Black distance runners to complete 100 marathons, marathons in all 50 states and a marathon on all seven continents 鈥� including Antarctica.

Film lovers in the St. Louis region will get a chance to see award-winning movies when the Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival returns this week. The festival will again feature films that highlight the often-overlooked contributions of notable Black Americans.

Joseph Puleo鈥檚 award-winning documentary 鈥淎 New Home鈥� tells the stories of Bosnian War refugees who fled to St. Louis 30 years ago.

The 31st annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival runs through Nov. 13 and features more than 250 films.

With her new documentary, Aisha Sultan encourages audiences to reflect on the ways the coronavirus pandemic radically disrupted learning and children鈥檚 development.

Under Cinema St. Louis Executive Director Cliff Froehlich's leadership, the organization weathered the disruptions of the coronavirus pandemic. He retires in June.

Nina Gilden Seavey鈥檚 podcast connects the story of Howard Mechanic with that of another fugitive who spent time in Missouri: James Earl Ray, who was convicted of killing the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

"Target: St. Louis Vol. 1" features stories from people who inhaled a harmful chemical compound that the federal government sprayed into Black neighborhoods for years.