Sep 22, 2026 · 1 hr 31 min · 11 segments
An absolute force. We are sitting down with one of the most powerful storytellers in St. Louis, Cami Cruz Thomas, producer, director, advocate and owner of the film production company My Friends and…
Cami Cruz ThomasGuest
Marina Mae WestHostKalaijaHost
And I think that that's part of like the identity of being a St. Louisan or someone that cares deeply about St. Louis.
Sometimes you, and this is something that was echoed at the Red Brick Blue Tarp premiere, but also the session that you did with Carnegie too.
There is, we are under no false pretenses that someone is coming to save us.
And so I think once that message like internalized with me as a St. Louis and too, it's like, we talked about this a little bit with James.
You know what I mean? Like if you, if it is within your power to do, you should do it.
And there are moments where, as you said, you're, you're, it's not sustainable.
And I think a lot of that self-imposed, but there are moments where, and I feel like you did this, have done this throughout your career, both with, you know, within Ferguson and then also, um, With the tornado response, it's like, if you can, you should, and you did.
And so recording that, doing that action, but also having the foresight and the understanding to understand that we are writing history right now.
And I think that that's part of like the identity of being a St. Louisan or someone that cares deeply about St. Louis.
Sometimes you, and this is something that was echoed at the Red Brick Blue Tarp premiere, but also the session that you did with Carnegie too.
There is, we are under no false pretenses that someone is coming to save us.
And so I think once that message like internalized with me as a St. Louis and too, it's like, we talked about this a little bit with James.
You know what I mean? Like if you, if it is within your power to do, you should do it.
And there are moments where, as you said, you're, you're, it's not sustainable.
And I think a lot of that self-imposed, but there are moments where, and I feel like you did this, have done this throughout your career, both with, you know, within Ferguson and then also, um, With the tornado response, it's like, if you can, you should, and you did.
And so recording that, doing that action, but also having the foresight and the understanding to understand that we are writing history right now.
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