Filmmakers/Talent with a MO/metro-area connection attending St. Louis International Film Festival Day 10 Events 11/22 Growing Up and Other Lies - 5:30pm Tivoli Theatre Katherine Mustard (co-Director), Darren Grodsky & Danny Jacobs (co-Directors) Mustard receives the Women In Film Award (Mustard is a Columbia native) Grodsky & Jacobs are STL natives Stars Adam Brody (The O.C.), Josh Lawson (House of Lies), Wyatt Cenac (The Daily Show), Amber Tamblyn (Two and a Half Men) After living for years as a struggling artist in New York City, Jake is calling it quits and returning home to Ohio. On his last day in the city, he persuades his three oldest friends to help him retrace their greatest adventure together: a walk down the entire length of Manhattan. Caged Heat - 8:00pm KDHX Stace England (Musician) - performance England lives in Southern Illinois A Roger Corman film directed by Jonathan Demme A women-in-prison classic following a group of inmates who rise up against the sadistic warden. England and Screen Syndicate playing an album of songs inspired by Roberta Collins. Teacher of the Year - 8:30pm Tivoli Theatre Jason Strouse (Director) Stars Matt Letscher (Her, Scandal), Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele) and St. Louis natives Randy and Jason Sklar In this raucous comedy, Truman High English teacher Mitch Carter stands out: Surrounded by a highly eccentric faculty, he has recently been named California Teacher of the Year. The honor leads to an attractive job offer with a much higher salary, but Mitch is torn between this opportunity to provide a better life for his family and his love for teaching. Tap or Die - 8:30pm Webster University Jackie Pare (Director) A performance by Central Visual and Performing Arts High Schools Underground Tappers The story of Derick Grant, an African-American choreographer determined to revive tap dance or die trying. In an epic struggle to resuscitate an art that peaked in the era of big bands, Grant holds auditions to bring his hip, rousing show, Imagine Tap, to Broadway. cinemastlouis.org/about-festival
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