From Grief to Transformation: A Community Conversation Through Film

Please note: Happy hour is from 5:00–6:30pm, with the main program starting at 6:30pm.

Thursday Nights at the Museum is a weekly series where the museum exhibits are open late and you can enjoy pop-up activities, a cash bar, food, and more.

Media Partner: St. Louis Magazine

Presented in collaboration with Forward Through Ferguson and My Friends and I.

Join us for a thought-provoking showing of the film Ferdinand’s Guide to Grief and a community conversation about grief and healing. This 36-minute short film, directed by Cami Thomas, reflects on the 10-year anniversary of the 2014 Ferguson uprising. Through a lens of poetry, music, and interviews with siblings of Michael Brown Jr. and other St. Louis residents, this film seeks to humanize the experience of collective grief and give a blueprint on how to begin the process of transmuting such emotion. Following the screening, listen to a conversation led by Annissa McCaskill, Executive Director of Forward Through Ferguson, about mourning, memory, and resistance over a decade after the 2014 Ferguson uprising. McCaskill will be joined by filmmaker Cami Thomas; Cheeraz Gorman, Founder of Presence & Care, LLC; and Atif Mahr, Vice President of Chosen Fathers.

Join us in the Grand Hall before our main-stage event to enjoy food and drinks available for purchase from Amighetti’s and Hank’s Cheesecakes. Visit resource tables hosted by local community healing organizations.

Come back for more! Thursday Nights at the Museum are sometimes the most fun, sometimes the most thought-provoking, and always the most interesting night of your week. The museum exhibits are open late, and you’ll enjoy cash bar and food for purchase, pop-up activities, lectures, and more.

ASL interpretation is available for programs with two weeks' advance notice. Please email [email protected] to request ASL interpretation or with other accessibility questions.