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| LIQUID LIGHT Fascinating stories produced by local filmmakers and introduced to us through HEC-TV's partnership with University City's Commission for Local Origination Programming (CALOP). Host Eleanor Mullin interviews each of the filmmakers and their films are shown in their entirety. 
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 Focus When Harold Sistrunk and Judy Redlich set out to make the motion picture Focus, a documentary that brings the perspectives of several people who are living with physical handicaps that profoundly impact their daily lives to light, it was their goal to show the world that the obstacles they face do not make who they are; it is merely a part of their daily rituals. In the next episode of Liquid Light, HEC-TV is lucky to have filmmakers Harold Sistrunk and Judy Redlich for a discussion with Host Eleanor Mullin about the process they went through in the making of the picture "Focus"  |  The Pride of St. Louis/Old Dog New Trick Hear from filmmakers Mike Steinberg and Thomas Crone about their individual feature films focusing on the Album-Oriented Rock radio format developed in the sixties, then see both shows in their entirety. |  Worlds of Bright Glass In 1923, Paul Heuduck and his family emigrated from Germany to America at the request of his employer, the Berlin mosaic and art glass firm Puhl-Wagner. Paul helped establish the Ravenna Mosaic Company, a joint venture between the St. Louis art glass studio owned by Emil Frei and Puhl-Wagner, to work on the Byzantine glass mosaics for the new St. Louis Cathedral. Filmmaker Jim Scott is interviewed then see the film "Worlds of Bright Glass: The Ravenna Mosaic Company." |  Historic Tax Credits A look at how the Government’s Historic Tax Credits program was utilized in restoring a one hundred year old home located in the University City. Filmmaker Steve Behrends follows Isabel & Mark Siedband as they fight to convince the powers that be to help keep a remnant of St. Louis’ past alive. |
 Scattered Seeds-Hidden Children of the Holocaust This film tells the story of two Holocaust survivors who were hidden in Nazi-ruled Europe for several years until they migrated United States. Family and friends of these hidden children sacrificed their own fates in hope that one day they would get to live fruitful lives. |  St. Benedict's Rule A film from Jay Kanzler about a Missouri monastery and the monks who live within its walls. Hear about their lifestyle and beliefs and how their faith was tested during a 2002 massacre at Conception Abbey. |  American Pioneers A film about the history and culture of the oldest standing Catholic church west of the Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains—St. Ferdinand's Shrine. Established in 1820 by a group of French missionaries in Florissant, Missouri, this church's sole purpose was to bring civilization, education and faith to the Western Frontier, produced by Leah Johnson Gantz and directed by Bruce Marren. |  A Sewer Runs Through It Join narrator John Goodman for a look at the River Des Peres in south St. Louis. Revisit it's history and learn more about preserving it's future. |
 William Clark-The Further Journey Explores the life of William Clark. Hear from the film’s director Jim Scott in an in-depth interview with Liquid Light host Eleanor Mullin. |  Knock Knock America This documentary looks at what it is like to be a refugee teenager living in Saint Louis, Missouri forced to leaver their war-torn homeland behind. |  Hidden Treasures This documentary tells the story of five families and their efforts to smuggle family heirlooms—hidden treasures—out of Germany and Poland during World War II. |
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