November 14: St. Louis International Film Festival

This past July, Cinema St. Louis graciously invited me to bring the film to its St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, an event normally restricted to showing films by artists who live in that city. But because of Louis Sullivan’s special connection with the city, the film was presented as a special feature and given a special award of merit from the St. Louis Film Critics.

It was such a great screening that Cinema St. Louis asked me to include the film in its upcoming St. Louis International Film Festival. The schedule isn’t posted yet on cinemastlouis.org, but keep checking back. My thanks to Cliff Froehlich and Chris Clark for bringing the film to a place where there are a LOT of Sullivan fans!

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November 15: Special Screening by DOCOMOMO

The Knoll Furniture Showroom in Chelsea will be the site of the film’s first screening in New York City. Seating is very limited for this one-time event, so get your tickets early. DOCOMOMO will have information posted soon on its site, http://www.docomomo-nytri.org/

Joining me for the after-screening discussion will be a very special guest, Robert Twombly. Professor Twombly is the author of Louis Sullivan: His Life and Work (University of Chicago Press, 1986), and a former professor of art history at City University of New York. My on-camera conversations with Robert in the summer of 2008 were some of the most enjoyable and valuable times I had during production, and I will be forever indebted to him for his contribution to this film.

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First Theatrical Run at the Tivoli Cinema in Kansas City Begins September 24

If you live in or near Kansas City, you’ll be the first to be able to see the film outside of a festival setting or a special screening! Starting September 24, the Tivoli Cinema in Westport will be showing the film for a week-long run. I met Jerry Harrington, the Tivoli’s owner, at the Kansas City FilmFest in April where “Louis” was awarded Best Feature Documentary. If it’s a successful run, the Tivoli may run it longer and it could encourage other arthouse theaters around the country to book the film.

This is an especially sweet development for me because as a student at the University of Kansas in nearby Lawrence, I spent a lot of time in Kansas City, never having an inkling that I would return one day as a film producer and director. Thanks for your faith and vision, Jerry!

For showtimes, visit tivolikc.com.

UPDATE: What started out as a one-week engagement has stretched into FOUR weeks…over 1,500 people came out the first weekend to see the film, thanks in large part to a great review in the Kansas City Star http://miniurl.com/59484

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