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Oscars and documentaries: Festival previews two

By Robert Hunt

Posted 6:35 am Thu., 11.19.09

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (you know, the guys who give out the little gold statues) has just released the preliminary list of qualifying films for next year's documentary award. (You can read it here .) You can expect the usual grumbling (What? No "Anvil"?) but for the most part it's a fairly strong list.

Coincidentally, you can catch two of the honored 15 Sunday at the film festival: Agnes Varda's much praised memoir "The Beaches of Agnes" will be screened at 4:15 p.m. and 8:15 p.m., and the Danish film "Burma VJ," about activist videographers in Burma, will be shown at 6 p.m. Catch them first and gain bonus points on the next Oscar pool.

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'The Road Show' improv

Brent Jones | St. Louis Beacon

This Saturday was the debut of a new show by The Improv Shop that will bring out of town improv teams to St. Louis to play for — and with — a local audience. The Road Show brought teams "Everybody Grok" and "Felt" from Chicago.

We talked to Eric Christensen, producer of the Road Show and member of local improv team "Ted Dangerous"; Katie Nunn, member of "Ted Dangerous" and improv coach; and Melanie Penn and Ranjan Khan, members of local teams "Melanj" and "Magic Ratio"; about the St. Louis improv scene and why it's important to welcome teams from other cities to perform here.

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