THE MX INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL Kicks Off September 26th with BEDLAM STREET and TAPESTRY OF SHADOWS

There’s a new film festival in town! THE MX INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL runs September 26 through October 4^th and will take place at the St. Louis’ most comfortable theater, The MX downtown (618 Washington Ave, St Louis, MO 63101). This is a festival aimed at local, independent filmmakers and features the best of what St. Louis screenwriters, directors, and actors have to offer. THE MX INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL is dedicated to making the film festival experience as accessible as possible for both filmmaker and audiences alike. Taking a minimalist approach they collect no submission fees and the majority of  festival events are free. However no expenses are spared when it comes to filmmaker recognition, with trophies offered for both audience and jury awards. The awards ceremony will be held on October 4th starting at 9:00p in the MX Bar Lounge with free beer provided by Urban Chestnut.

Details about THE MX INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL can be found HERE

http://mxfilmfest.com/

The fest will kick off on Friday September 26^th with a pair of gritty crime films: BEDLAM STREET and TAPESTRY OF SHADOWS. The two films will play as a double feature the evenings of September 36^th, 27^th, and 28^th beginning at 7pm and will be followed by filmmaker Q&As. Cost is $12 for both films.

BEDLAM STREET is a dark, gritty, character driven drama from director Paul Wendell that takes place on one day near Christmas in an inner city environment. Through a web of intersection and coincidence, it displays the struggles of several interconnected characters, and examines themes surrounding crime, poverty, race, religion, family and the innocence of children. I reviewed BEDLAM STREET when it played at the St. Louis International Film Festival in 2011. I called it: “Smart adult cinema that plays with some ugly truths about people and our society“ (read my entire review HERE)

I have not seen TAPESTRY OF SHADOWS, which is a story about choices. Vincent Purejoy is a young, principled minister who witnesses the violent death of a young girl caught in the crossfire of a neighborhood shooting. Traumatized, he resolves to keep watch on the neighborhood from his living room window. Vincent is compelled to do something, anything to make the neighborhood safer. When another child is gunned down during retaliation shooting, Vincent decides that he and the church should go out to the streets and confront these drug dealers head on.

The Independent Critic said:

“TAPESTRY OF SHADOWS is a beautiful example of Munirah Studio’s vision to create films that display the full spectrum of the human experience, primarily through the eyes of Black people.”

Check back here at We Are Movie Geeks.com next week for more details about THE MX INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL