Video Series
Art House | Meet the Winner of the Teri Rogers Filmmakers Grant
Meet Brydie O’Connor, the first recipient of the Teri Rogers Filmmakers Grant, awarded by ArtsKC and the Kansas City Film Office.
Art House | Rideshare Driver’s Life Takes a Turn in ‘RIDE’
“RIDE” offers a glimpse of the very real risks and rewards faced by rideshare drivers in the emerging gig economy.
Art House | Panic in ‘The Pulpit’
“The Pulpit: Prelude” is a short film that tracks growing tensions surrounding a progressive pastor in a small rural community.
Art House | ‘Body Paragraphs’ Ponders Teen Struggle for Self-Esteem
Here’s a bit of advice. Keep an eye on emerging writer/director Erika Lobati, whose latest short film is a compelling and comedic mediation on body image.
Art House | Expect ‘The Unexpected’ to Affect You
The filmmakers behind “The Unexpected,” a new short film about organ trafficking, discuss how they made the movie in Kansas City.
We Are Latinos | Art at the Heart of the Matter
Jenny Mendez, a third-generation Mexican American artist born and raised on the West Side of Kansas City, is cultural arts director at the Mattie Rhodes Center. The neighborhood, and its people, have inspired her for decades. That inspiration found its fullest expression in the West Side mural project.
Art House | KC Filmmaker Vies to Share Black Perspective
More diverse representation in local cinema comes through strongly in two compelling short films by DeVonte Brown, “Vie” and “Now What?”
We Are Latinos | KC Artist Reconnects With Her Childhood in Mexico
Aquetzali (Kiki) Serna preserves fading memories of her early childhood in Mexico through her art today in Kansas City.
Art House | ‘BOYMOM’ Seeks to Spark Missouri Filmmaking
“BOYMOM” is the first short film produced by the Missouri Stories Production Lab, a program of the Missouri Film Office designed to encourage Missouri stories produced in the state.
‘Art Moves Us’ | Mattie Rhodes Center
The arts play a big role in the Mattie Rhodes Center’s ongoing efforts to serve Kansas City’s most vulnerable people.