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Columbia, Missouri -- True/False!! Posted Thu, Feb 23rd 3:55PM by Grace Lee Arrived in Missouri last night in St. Louis and took the Mo-X shuttle to Columbia about two hours west. Columbia is my home town -- I was born, raised and schooled here so it's exciting to see how much it has changed.
Even just walking around downtown near the hotel, I see that the ice cream shop I used to work at is now a gift shop called the Butterfly Tattoo. The first presbyterian church where I went to day care (!) as a toddler now has a weekly Korean service. When I lived here as a child, Korean church consisted of a travelling minister who came once a month on his tour throughout other small Korean communities in the midwest. The Greyhound bus station is now a fancy steak house. Tom and I walked around a bit last night. On the one hand, things seem so quiet, but then there are so many new restaurants and businesses. We even had dinner at a place called Felini - an Albanian/Kosovan restaurant that was started by a family that fled the region and resettled in Missouri a few years ago.
Right now, I'm sitting in the Cherry St. Artisan coffee shop, which used to be a club called Shattered. A line of about 100 people are waiting to buy their tickets to the True/False film festival. A couple of musicians called Keller and Ross are playing on the stage. It's a bustle of activity! It definitely feels like a homegrown festival and just by looking at the people in line there is a nice feeling of familiarity. Even yesterday in the shuttle bus, I sat next to a couple who have kids the same age as my sister and I and they live in my old neighborhood.
Later today I'll be on a panel at Stephens College to talk with other filmmakers about "making it" in the indie film biz. Should be interesting. Meanwhile,the line is getting even thicker here at the Artisan -- hope some of these people will be coming to the Grace Lee Project -- 2pm Sunday at the Tiger Hotel!
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Nescelle Caberto Thu, Mar 2nd 11:36AM Wow... that film festival has been growing each year. I am a student at MIZZOU and a friend of a friend of mine created a film and although they didn't place, it was the only film that the judges got fooled on. They thought it was false and actually it was true. Too bad I missed it and your film. |
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