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Two old drunks named Gin & Whiskey Joe, with their mules, engaged in a personal fight, find some gold nuggets in a river, they decide to look for the remaining ones through a map which they divide in half, gangs of bandits hear of the news and cast all suspicions on the holders of the map to two homosexual cowboys, who will seek refuge in a nunnery.

A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.

Parker and Bianca, two young adults, experience the unraveling of their relationship as Parker develops a deluded sexual obsession with erotic online personality Kansas Fox. As his obsession deepens, he believes she is digitally following him wherever he goes and communicating with him by any means possible.

An ex-convict sets out to uncover who framed him for an armored car robbery.

Sun bonneted Betty Boop takes a train to "Rudy Valley" where she gains weight and Rudy Vallee performs the title song with Bouncing Ball.

Lost Todd Sheets short about a killer using a blender.

An exchange student from Finland arrives in Kansas City. He is expecting to spend a year in the city, but ends up living on a farm in a small town. He falls in love with the sheriff’s daughter and soon finds himself in trouble.

Rosie and Marie are wisecracking Kansas City manicurists. Marie is an unabashed golddigger but Rosie would like to marry her gangster boyfriend Dynamite, who's given her an expensive ring. When she loses the ring, both friends have to flee Dynamite's wrath; their adventures include masquerading as girl scouts and taking an ocean voyage to Paris.

Gangsters free one of their colleagues being escorted to prison and kill several FBI agents and local police officers in the attempt. FBI agent Melvin Purvis puts together a special squad to track down and capture the men responsible.

Roller-derby skater K.C. Carr tries to balance her desire for a happy personal life and her dreams of stardom.

A piano teacher and her roommate decide to invest their savings in a music publishing company. Comedy with music.

Paul Wilson is a loving dad and husband, making ends meet on his farm in Iowa. When his wife is killed and daughter kidnapped in Kansas City, Paul reveals his past as a mercenary and must travel to the city to get his daughter back.

This official film from Major League Baseball presents the thrilling story of the 2015 World Series championship run of the Kansas City Royals through comprehensive highlights, exclusive access and interviews, and breathtaking footage.

Documentary about the history of skateboarding in Kansas City. Featuring music from Shy Boys, Warm Bodies, Sounding the Deep, Kill Creek, the Casket Lottery, Human Traffic, and Old Canes.

On the High Plains of Southwest Kansas, a thriving community sustained for decades by waves of immigrants becomes the target of white nationalists intent on killing the latest arrivals: Muslims. When they attempt to recruit a local man with a conscience, he infiltrates them. Partnering with the FBI, he risks his life to prevent the attack and bring the domestic terrorists to justice. Animated courtroom testimony of the plot is interwoven with the inspiring story of immigration and the determination of a community to welcome the world.

First properly animated film produced by Laugh-O-Gram Studio, as part of demo reel. Part of the Newman Laugh-O-Grams Series.

Chiefs Kingdom Rejoice For the first time in 50 years, the Kansas City Chiefs are Super Bowl Champions, capturing the franchise's second Vince Lombardi Trophy with a 31-20 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV! All the great moments of the Chiefs' title run are now yours to own in this thrilling film — from the opening victory in Jacksonville, to winning six straight to end the regular season, to the post-season comebacks over Houston and Tennessee, to the crowning glory of their triumphant victory in Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium. With sideline sound and in-game wires that put you right in the action, award-winning cinematography, pulse-pounding music, and exciting special features, Super Bowl LIV Champions: Kansas City Chiefs is a must-have for every member of Chiefs Kingdom.

This featurette is available on the 'Walt Disney Treasures: Disney Rarities' DVD.

Kansas City Murder Factory is a documentary film that explores the murder epidemic in the urban core of Kansas City, Missouri. Kansas City Murder Factory is an unscripted experimental documentary told from the perspective of the victim. In the film both observational and traditional forms of filmmaking collide to expose Kansas City's most taboo topic: Murder. This truly inspirational film shows the many hurdles and struggles of the victim's families as they fight to get justice from a system, which manufactures injustice. The film also presents the many challenges of organizations and individuals trying to decrease violent crime in Kansas City, includes compelling commentaries from Kansas City's top spoken word artists.

An incomplete project, Dorothy the Kansas City Pothead stars John Waters' long-time casting agent Pat Moran in the role of Dorothy.

Formed in 1979 in Wichita, Kansas, the so-called "blister pop" band the Embarrassment played major U.S. cities and garnered praise from the likes of Allen Ginsberg, John Cale and Jonathan Demme, but their refusal to compromise their vision made success elusive. Through archival interviews and concert footage, this documentary draws a portrait of the oft-overlooked post-punk legends.

A restless teenager escapes her troubled home and joins a traveling crew of young drifters selling magazines across the American Midwest. Immersed in a world of reckless partying, risky hustles, and fleeting romances, she searches for freedom and belonging on the open road.

A group of ruthless Chicago mob enforcers are sent to Kansas City to settle things with the owner of a slaughterhouse who has taken money that is not his to keep.

Documentary film detailing the history of Kansas City jazz.

Set during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his children.

Red Fever is a witty and entertaining feature documentary about the profound -- yet hidden -- Indigenous influence on Western culture and identity. The film follows Cree co-director Neil Diamond as he asks, “Why do they love us so much?!” and sets out on a journey to find out why the world is so fascinated with the stereotypical imagery of Native people that is all over pop culture. Why have Indigenous cultures been revered, romanticized, and appropriated for so long, and to this day? Red Fever uncovers the surprising truths behind the imagery -- so buried in history that even most Native people don't know about them.

A clean-cut teenager ends up joining a neighborhood gang when the father of the girl he likes refuses to allow his daughter to date him because she is too young.

A witch from the 1850's is magically transported into the head of her descendant in modern Kansas City.

A feature documentary about Kansas City, as its people tell us how they got through the pandemic and look back at what they lost.

Coming back during Winter, Alex Powell explores both the places and personal connections found in his hometown and how they've changed. “Guide to a Midwest Hometown” explores what makes the barren places at home feel sentimental and special, and the good and bad feelings that come when being back home. Inspired by "How To With John Wilson".

The film shines a light on Kansas City’s less glorious past when it was a major distribution hub for heroin in the 1930s and 1940s. Black Hand Strawman explains how Kansas City’s Mafia exercised control over the Teamsters Union Local 41 from the 1950s into the 1980s.

In 1913 Congress created the Federal Reserve to bring financial stability to the nation after a number of banking panics, with a mix of regional banks and a central bank board. Congressmen Robert L. Owen and Carter Glass helped pass the Federal Reserve Act with the help of compromises led by President Woodrow Wilson. The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City was begun in 1914, led by Jo Zach Miller, Jr., along with local bankers such as William T. Kemper. With the bank rapidly growing, about 1920 a new 21 story building was built at 9th and Grand that at one time held the offices of the Bureau of Investigation and President Harry S. Truman.

Escapist proudly presents Our World, featuring Sean Malto, Mikey Santillan, Shaun McKay, Joseph Lopez, Josh Crane, Josh White, Bryant Doerfler, Keelin Austin, Scotty Laird, Rod Harper, Ernie Torres, Dillon Aguilar, Garrett Olinger, Mike Webb, Ryan Pearce, Max Chilen and Jesse Doan. Edited by Ryan Lovell. Filmed by Tyler Krupski, Dylan Burke and Ryan Lovell in Kansas City, LA, Japan and Puerto Rico.

Every inning, play, and heart-stopping moment of the 2014 World Series(R)! Each definitive 2014 World Series game is presented in its entirety, preserving the complete, unedited footage of every Fall Classic(TM) game and key Postseason games. This set boasts 8 full game broadcasts including all 7 games from the 2014 World Series plus the pennant-clinching, NLCS Game 5 against the St. Louis Cardinals.

In 1927, a Kansas City, Missouri cornet player and his band perform nightly at a seedy speakeasy until a racketeer tries to extort them in exchange for protection.

Set during the height of the Great Depression, a young man gets a job as a photographer and comes face to face with a test of his morals.

Kansas City Ballet prepares for the world premiere of The WIzard Of Oz with unfettered access to show the process of creating a brand new ballet from the timeless classic.

Happily married for three years, Ann and David Smith live in New York. One morning Ann asks David if he had to do it over again, would he marry her? To her shock, he answers, "No". Later that day, they separately discover that, due to a legal complication, they are not legally married.

Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen, on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant who's hunting down Raven, she decides to try and set the misguided hit man straight as he hides from the cops and plots his revenge.

New York manicurist Mamie Murphy plans to marry a rich man, so she repeatedly turns down the proposals of honest reporter David Haines. When she is announced the winner of $2,500 and a ticket worth $150,000 for champion horse Lady Luck, if the horse wins an upcoming race, Mamie is pursued by wealthy sportsman Jack Conroy and nightclub owner and racketeer Tony Morelli.