St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase!

WE HAVE TICKET AND SCREENING INFORMATION!!! For those of you that haven’t read the last post, “We Did It”, Shark Brained has been selected to be shown in the St. Louis Filmmaker’s Showcase this July. It’s the first film festival that our film has made it into so it’s a pretty grand occasion… and now I’ve got information on how you can attend!

Shark Brained will be showing on Friday, July 28th, at 6:30 PM at the Hi-Pointe Main Theatre in St. Louis, MO. If you click here, you can purchase tickets for the showing where you will see not only Shark Brained but 5 other short documentaries as well (we are in the category Documentary Shorts 2).

Thank you all so much again for your continued support! I hope to see you all at the screening. Don’t hesitate to reach out or share the news on social!! LET’S KEEP THE EXCITEMENT HIGH!

We did it.

To those that have been a part of this adventure from the very start… we finally did it. Shark Brained has just been selected for screening at its first film festival, the St. Louis Filmmaker’s Showcase!!!

From the very beginning of the project, the main goal was to spread awareness about this sport and its amazing racers so to finally be writing this blog post is super surreal. I cannot thank you all enough for your support to this point and I cannot wait for more people outside of this sport and community to see this film.

As details about the screening come in I will share them here so those that would like to attend may do so! As of right now we know that the film festival show dates are July 21-30 of this year in St. Louis, MO at Hi-Pointe Theatre. Once I have the specific date and time, you will be notified. It is also important to note that while the film is in the festival circuit, the full film will remain offline on Youtube and Vimeo. This is just temporary, per festival rules, and the film will be back up when the festival has concluded.

Again, I can’t say thank you enough for helping us on this crazy ride. Let’s continue stoking the flame! To Shark Brained !!!

Thank you.

Hello! My name is Monica Cox, and last year I went to social media asking for your help to make a documentary-style video about women racing in the Gateway Cup, a St. Louis road bicycle race.

Since moving to St. Louis in 2018, my husband has been racing in the St. Louis bike community, and although I don't ride/race myself, I've grown very passionate about the sport. Becoming more and more interested in the sport, I went to Youtube to watch content on the sport/the people racing in it. My research showed many bike race videos all over Youtube about the men's pro races and very few about the women's pro races. This is where my interest began for creating an opportunity for myself and for the women of criterium racing.

This passion, for other people’s passion led me to create Shark Brained, a short documentary about bikes for women, by women, about women.

However, a project like this can’t just happen because I wanted it to. You need people, resources, and talent. You need money. With the support of the St. Louis bicycling community I was able to raise the funds necessary to create this film, and create it well.

Because of your love for the sport, this project became a reality. You all saw that there has never been a better time, a more necessary time, to make this film for women's pro racing, the Gateway Cup, and St. Louis. I’m incredibly grateful to be in a community that believed in these women and these stories as much as I do.

So all I can say from here is thank you. This film changed my life and created an opportunity for so many women all around the country. I couldn’t have done it without all of you.