CinemaKC is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. We create an actual and virtual space for members of the regional film community that facilitates communication and collaboration among local filmmakers and the movie-going public. We have provided numerous showcases for the region’s film community through events and screenings. Our continuing mission is to cultivate diversity, education and outreach within the art and film community.

CinemaKC is a television show, working on its 3rd season, which will be airing on KCPT in the fall. This year CinemaKC has plans to grow, become even more involved in the community, and collaborate on projects with the entire arts family in KC. We had begun our events and fundraising for the year, with filming of Season 3 (13 episodes) scheduled for June. Unfortunately at our last board meeting we were informed that we would be losing our headquarters at Screenland Crossroads in just a few short weeks as the landlord has made other plans for the building that do not involve a theater.

CinemaKC is a community. Not only do we host events and panel discussion like Oscars and Critics, 11/11 screening of This is Spinal Tap, and Beatles 50th Anniversary Edition of All You Need Is Love Me Do, we also sponsor and assist many of the local film festivals, and promote regional film makers.

That’s why we need your help!

We have to be out of Screenland Crossroads by May 20th. Just days away. With events planned out for the year, a new website about to launch, and a show about to start filming we find ourselves without a base. Please join us for our final two events with Screenland and help us raise the funds we need to maintain our operations for the next year.

What we are seeking:

1. A minimum of $12,000 to cover the cost of our upcoming events and basic operations for the year.
2. Items that we can use in our live auction and fundraising efforts.
3. Like-minded individuals to collaborate with us on our mission through donated time, skills and/or financial support.

May 8th – Our final official screening with Screenland Crossroads. “Tom & Harry, The Boss and The President”, hosted in association with the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum. 7 pm with a $10 suggested donation, 6pm mixer with the filmmaker and you can have your picture taken with a Harry Truman Impersonator. Click here to RSVP. An RSVP is not necessary to attend, but is always helpful when planning these events.

May 16th – We will be doing a cocktail hour, live auction, a mystery screening, and kicking off a fundraising campaign. A $10 suggested donation gets you in the door. Click here to RSVP. As mentioned previously, an RSVP is not necessary to attend, but it helps us plan.

May 17th – This will be the BIG BLOWOUT as we drink and make merry for the last night that Screenland Crossroads is open. There will be live bands, drinks, and much much more. Come party and say your farewells to a Crossroads landmark.

May 18th – We clear the building!

For more information please contact Steven Fuller 816-781-9080 or via email cinemakc@gmail.com. You can also LIKE us on Facebook /CinemaKC, FOLLOW us on Twitter @CinemaKC, FOLLOW the hashtag #savescreenlandKC and tell us your stories about what @ScreenlandKC & @CinemaKC mean to you.

See the film and meet its director on Mr. Truman’s birthday, May 8!

Before he gave ’em hell as the 33rd President of the United States, Harry Truman worked closely with controversial and eventually imprisoned Kansas City political boss Tom Pendergast, who backed Truman’s successful 1934 U.S. Senate campaign.

What were the ramifications of their ongoing alliance in the 1920s and 1930s, for which Truman conspicuously never apologized? Were they real friends or only pragmatic political partners?

Kansas City filmmaker Terence O’Malley’s illuminating new documentary, “Tom and Harry: The Boss and the President,” scrutinizes the rise and fall of the Pendergast era and Truman’s true relationship to it. The film will receive a special screening on May 8 – Mr. Truman’s 129th birthday – at the Screenland Crossroads Theatre, 1656 Washington St.
O’Malley will attend a pre-screening mixer at 6 p.m. and participate in a Q&A following the 7 p.m. screening. O’Malley’s previously well-received Kansas City-centric documentaries are “Nelly Don: A Stitch in Time” and “Black Hand Strawman: The History of Organized Crime in Kansas City.”

Representatives of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence will also be in attendance, and there will be Harry friendly giveaways and a CinemaKC raffle featuring movie memorabilia.

Whether you’re just wild about Harry or simply passionate about Kansas City history, don’t miss this exceptional occasion for a suggested donation of $10 to support CinemaKC in its efforts to serve the movie community in 2013.

Get tickets here!

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CinemaKC (cinemakc.com) is a Missouri-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating an actual and virtual space for members of the film community in Missouri and Kansas. The group’s mission is to recognize talent and build audiences while growing the reputation for quality studio and independent motion pictures by the professional film community in Kansas and Missouri.

CinemaKC’s Strategic Partners include ArtsKC, Film Commission of Greater Kansas City, Blackberry Castle Productions, Film Society of Greater Kansas City, Independent Filmmaker’sCoalition, Kansas City Film Critics Circle, Kansas City FilmFest, Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee, Kansas City Fringe Festival, Kansas City Screenwriters, Kansas City Urban Film Festival, Kansas City Women in Film and TV, Kansas Film Commission, Kansas International Film Festival, Missouri Film Commission, Missouri Motion Media Association, Reel Spirit, Tallgrass Film Festival, Thank You Walt Disney, UMKC Film Department, University of Kansas Film and Media Studies, Variety the Children’s Charity of Greater Kansas City and Women of the Motion Picture Industry.

CinemaKC’s Business Alliance includes Allied Integrated Marketing, Allied Theatre Craft, American Heartland Theatre, Bazillion Animation, BicMedia, Boulevard Digital Drive-In Theatre, Haywood Marketing Communications, Kansas City Area Development Council, KC Stage Magazine, KC Studio, Mile Deep Films, Print Tekk, Prizm Productions, Screenland Armour, Screenland Crossroads, Screenland Crown Center, StagePort KC, Substream Music & Sound Design and T2.

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Due to the winter storm warning for the Kansas City Area, CinemaKC’s presentation of “Tom and Harry: The Boss and the President” scheduled Thursday Feb. 21 at the Screenland Crossroads Theatre has been cancelled.

The event will be rescheduled.

Before he gave ’em hell as the 33rd President of the United States, Harry Truman worked closely with Kansas City political boss Tom Pendergast, who backed Truman’s successful 1934 U.S. Senate campaign.

What were the ramifications of the two men’s ongoing alliance in the 1920s and 1930s, for which Truman conspicuously never apologized? Were they real friends or only tacit political partners?

Kansas City filmmaker Terence O’Malley’s illuminating new documentary, “Tom and Harry: The Boss and the President,” scrutinizes the rise and fall of the Pendergast era and Truman’s relationship to it in a Presidents Week film event at 7 p.m. February 21 at the Screenland Crossroads Theatre located at 1656 Washington St, Kansas City, MO.

O’Malley will attend a pre-screening mixer at 6 p.m. and participate in a Q&A following the screening. His previously well-received Kansas City-centric documentaries are “Nelly Don: A Stitch in Time” and “Black Hand Strawman: The History of Organized Crime in Kansas City.”

Representatives of the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum in Independence will also be on hand to offer Harry friendly giveaways and share information about upcoming programs and museum exhibits at the Truman Library.

A donation of $10 is suggested to support CinemaKC in its efforts to serve the movie community in 2013.

See up to 90 minutes of trailers for this season’s Oscar-nominated films and get Oscar picks from a feisty panel of Kansas City’s top movie critics, when CinemaKC presents “Critics vs. Oscars Free-For-All” on Wednesday, Jan. 23, at the Screenland Crossroads Theatre, 1656 Washington St.

Trailers for Oscar-nominated films in all major categories will begin screening at 7 p.m., interspersed with impassioned reactions and clashing Oscar picks from an impressive assemblage of local film critics and aficionados.

Come and compare your Oscar predictions to those of the experts – or simply crib from former longtime Kansas City Star Movie Editor Robert Butler; WDAF-TV Fox 4 Film Critic Shawn Edwards; Kansas City Star Contributing Movie Reviewers Loey Lockerby and Jon Niccum; movie bloggers Erin Melin and Ryan Davis; freelance entertainment reviewer Marie Asner; and Jack Poessiger of “Jack Goes to the Movies” on Time Warner Cable. (Stay tuned for more participating critics.)

And that’s not all: Members of the movie-mad public are invited to weigh in with the critics in a pre-screening mixer at 6 p.m. Agree! Disagree! Analyze! Dissect! Just try not to spill your drink.

A donation of $10 is requested to support CinemaKC in its efforts to serve the movie community in 2013.

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About CinemaKC (cinemakc.com)
CinemaKC is a Missouri-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating an actual and virtual space for members of the film community in Missouri and Kansas. The group’s mission is to recognize talent and build audiences while growing the reputation for quality studio and independent motion pictures by the professional film community in Kansas and Missouri.

CinemaKC’s Strategic Partners include ArtsKC, Film Commission of Greater Kansas City, Blackberry Castle Productions, Film Society of Greater Kansas City, Independent Filmmaker’s Coalition, Kansas City Film Critics Circle, Kansas City FilmFest, Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee, Kansas City Fringe Festival, Kansas City Screenwriters, Kansas City Urban Film Festival, Kansas City Women in Film and TV, Kansas Film Commission, Kansas International Film Festival, Missouri Film Commission, Missouri Motion Media Association, Reel Spirit, Tallgrass Film Festival, Thank You Walt Disney, UMKC Film Department, University of Kansas Film and Media Studies, Variety the Children’s Charity of Greater Kansas City and Women of the Motion Picture Industry.

CinemaKC’s Business Alliance includes Allied Integrated Marketing, Allied Theatre Craft, American Heartland Theatre, Bazillion Animation, BicMedia, Boulevard Digital Drive-In Theatre, Haywood Marketing Communications, Kansas City Area Development Council, KC Stage Magazine, KC Studio, Mile Deep Films, Print Tekk, Prizm Productions, Screenland Armour, Screenland Crossroads, Screenland Crown Center, StagePort KC, Substream Music & Sound Design and T2.