A short fiction film about Louis, a 17-year-old visual artist from an under-resourced community. A mysterious man gives him a pair of eye-opening sunglasses but how will he use this newfound vision?
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Screenings
Jan. 24th - Feb. 2nd | Chandler International Film Festival |Chandler, AZ (link)
Feb 16th | Chesterfield Presbyterian Church |Chesterfield, MO (Details to come)
Feb 18th | Washington University |St. Louis, MO (Details to come)
Feb 24th - March 1st | Zions Indie Film Fest | Orem, UT (link)
Feb. 25th | 8pm | The 52nd Annual ICVM CROWN AWARDS | NRB in Dallas, TX (Link)
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May 4, 2024 - Vision Preview | Love the Lou Fundraiser
May 18 - Vision Premiere | Washington University
Sunday July 21st | STL Filmmakers Showcase @ Hi-Pointe Theatre
Tuesday, August 6th | 5:30 - 7:30pm | The Crossing in Chesterfield
Oct. 2nd | 8:45pm | Awareness Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA)Oct. 7th | 5:30pm | St. Louis Public Library - Baden
Oct. 8th | 5:30pm |Mayor’s Youth Cabinet (1520 Market St., St. Louis)
Oct 23rd | 7pm | Music Box Theatre - Chicago
Nov 7th | Concordia University - ChicagoNov 9th | 1pm | Lindenwood Univ. - St. Charles, MO (Tickets)
Nov. 14th | 5pm | St. Louis International Film Festival (Tickets)
Dec. 14th | 1:45 pm | SLPL Film Festival (We won Best Short Film!)
Highlights from Vision Premiere at Wash U - 5/18/24
About
Vision is more than just a film. It is a 20 minute conversation starter in story form meant to inspire individuals and communities to improve neighborhoods challenged with poverty, homelessness, and disinvestment. Screenings will include panels to discuss solutions to these issues with experts and residents.
This film began as a conversation about how Speak Up Productions could help tell the story of the nonprofit Love the Lou’s impact in North City St. Louis, a historically neglected and impoverished section of St. Louis. Once it was decided that a short fiction film may be the most creative and impactful way to capture this story, we agreed we would tell a story that could start conversations in St. Louis but also in other cities facing some of the same struggles. Thanks to funding from the Missouri Humanities Council, Vision will be doing a screening series of over 20 screenings around St. Louis. We hope to expand that screening series to other parts of the United States.
The Presenting sponsor of the film was Guild Mortgage, a company whose passion for helping create generational wealth through housing spurred them to support. Additional support came from LOVEtheLOU, Speak Up Productions, Under The Tree Designs, Missouri Film Office and the Regional Arts Commission.
Fun facts: Vision is the first film directed by a Missouri filmmaker to receive the newly reinstated Missouri film tax credit. The project is a compilation of over 75 local industry media professionals working together to bring this story to life . . . over the course of several years.
See some of the behind the scenes:
Credits: Video by Mycol Martin and Audaur Kountz
Team
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Dan Parris
Co-Writer, Director
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Jessica Ambuehl
Producer
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Ted Simpson
Co-Writer
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Josh Herum
Director of Photography
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Andy Devries
Editor
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Courtney J.R. Orlando
Composer
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Lucas Rouggly
Executive Producer
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Shannon Johnston
Production Designer
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Zion Thomas
“Louis”
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Bobby Norfolk
“Elijah”
Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor
Additional Support From:
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