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Audiences at Tuesday’s red carpet premiere of “Rise and Shine” — the first film production in Kansas City to use Missouri’s Motion Media Tax Credit — might recognize iconic sights on the big screen like the transformed halls of a former Midtown coworking space and one of the city’s most popular chocolatiers.
By Tommy Felts | September 22, 2026
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'Hollywood of the Heartland'
Homegrown film snags tax credit to create 118 jobs (and a red carpet premiere in KC)
Audiences at Tuesday’s red carpet premiere of “Rise and Shine” — the first film production in Kansas City to use Missouri’s Motion Media Tax Credit — might recognize iconic sights on the big screen like the transformed halls of a former Midtown coworking space and one of the city’s most popular chocolatiers.
By Tommy Felts | September 22, 2026
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