21st Annual Sidewalk Film Festival presented by Regions Bank

Mr. Temple and the Tigerbelles
Directed by Tom Neff
40 minutes ● USA
Mr. Temple and the Tigerbelles is the story of legendary track and field TSU (Tennessee State University) coach Ed Temple and the incredible group of 40 African American female athletes who broke the color barrier of the Olympics during the Jim Crow era, snagging 23 medals, 16 of them gold, the most renowned of whom was Wilma Rudolf, who in Rome 1960 became the first American woman to win three gold medals in one Olympic.

The Well-Placed Weed
Directed by Steven Bransford and Cooper Sanchez
55 minutes ● USA
This documentary explores the life of celebrated garden designer Ryan Gainey.

The SHOUT Film Festival is sponsored by AIDS Alabama.

Screenings in the Alabama School of Fine Arts multiplex are proudly sponsored by Birmingham Business Journal and ASFA.

Here we explore different aspects of Alabama’s complex politics.

Dawoud Bey: The Birmingham Project
Directed by Carroll Moore
11 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
A portrait of American photographer Dawoud Bey’s series that commemorates the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church.

Woke Vote
Directed by Lance Warren and Hannah Ayers
17 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
The inside story of how a preacher’s daughter from Birmingham assembled a team and strategy to send a Democrat to the Senate from Alabama for the first time in 25 years.

Druid City Strong
Directed by Blake Hudson
11 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
The story of the emergency workers who risked their lives to save countless others the day an EF4 tornado hit Tuscaloosa.

Walls of Jericho
Directed by Stacey Brannan, Logan Hames, and Michael Wolter
11 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Blighted Birmingham neighborhoods are a destination for both urban explorers and urban revitalizers.

The People of Climbing
Directed by Josh Greenwood
14 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Examining race, equity, representation and inclusion in America through the lens of the Color the Crag outdoor festival in Alabama.

Call Me
Directed by Megan Friend and Norris Davis
9 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
A tale of Alexander Shunnarah and his many, many billboards.

A Generation Drowning
Directed by Lauren Senwo and Nikita Udayakumar
9 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Student debt and college access weigh down today’s students and recent graduates.

Murder In Mobile
Directed by Adam Fischer
24 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Murder in Mobile is a film about race, murder, and one family's search for the truth 70 years later.

Screenings in the Alabama School of Fine Arts multiplex are proudly sponsored by Birmingham Business Journal and ASFA.

All on a Mardi Gras Day
Directed by Michal Pietrzyk
23 minutes • USA
Documentary short
Demond sacrifices to be Big Chief in a secret 200-year culture known as Mardi Gras Indians, spending all year sewing feathered suits in a battle to decide who’s “the prettiest.”

A Normal Girl
Directed by Aubree Bernier-Clarke
14 minutes • USA
Documentary short
A Normal Girl brings the widely unknown struggles of intersex people to light, through the story of intersex activist Pidgeon Pagonis.

All Skinfolk Ain't Kinfolk
Directed by Angela Tucker
20 minutes • USA
Documentary short
The unprecedented story of two black women running for office as the first female mayor of New Orleans through the eyes of black women.

Walk with Pride
Directed by Kaela Waldstein
6 minutes • USA
Documentary short
Santa Fe Indian Market’s Haute Couture Fashion Show offers a contemporary view of evolving Native American and First Nation's identities.

F*** Your Hair
Directed by Jason Polevoi
38 minutes • USA
Documentary short
Latin-American immigrant owners of a fledgling brewery were approached by the Trump Tower to sell their beer, but after his remarks about immigrants, they take a stand.

Screenings in the Alabama School of Fine Arts multiplex are proudly sponsored by Birmingham Business Journal and ASFA.

Explore the complexity of the human condition in these documentary shorts about relationships.

Meet Uncle Paul
Directed by Jessica Bursi
14 minutes • USA
Documentary short
Paul is 62-years-young, a lover of The Beatles, The Monkees, and The Terminator, and he happens to be living with Down syndrome.

Betty Feeds The Animals
Directed by James P. Gannon
9 minutes • USA
Documentary short
Betty loves animals, and everyday she puts 30 bowls of food outside to feed them.

Ài Bàba (Love Dad)
Directed by Connie Huang
6 minutes • USA
Documentary short
An intimate recording between a mother and her 7 year old daughter about divorce.

Love Birds
Directed by Ashley Mosher
8 minutes • USA
Documentary short
An American woman travels into the Amazon jungle, discouraged with her marriage, and on a quest for adventure.

Not Make Dreams Your Master
Directed by Theodore Collatos
8 minutes • USA
Documentary short
Eavesdrop on the cultural mash-up between a country group and a multicultural trio, who discuss everything from philosophy, gender, race, and confronting the void.

Better Man
Directed by Chris Stanford
14 minutes • USA
Documentary short
A father and son relationship is tested after a rodeo injury leaves the young cowboy in a hopeless situation.

The Shearer
Directed by Jeremy Seifert
15 minutes • USA
Documentary short
Jonathan Hearne is a master sheep shearer and one of the most sought after for his trade in the Southeast.

The Race
Directed by Dina Rudick
10 minutes • USA
Documentary short
A Huntington’s Disease researcher comes face-to-face with three generations of a family devastated by the fatal, incurable disease she studies.

Screenings in the Alabama School of Fine Arts multiplex are proudly sponsored by Birmingham Business Journal and ASFA.

People of Alabama: My Friend the Goose
Directed by Tamika Moore and Lauren Musgrove
5 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Tracy Wilhelm, an elementary school art teacher, shares a unique relationship with Lucas, a goose living in the Fairhope duck pond.

Uncle Glen’s Hygienic Panty
Directed by Jeff Jeffcoat
25 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
In 1992, Jeff was a young actor in LA with a budding career when a bizarre VHS tape arrived from his wayward Uncle Glen.

Spirit Citizen
Directed by Nick Corrao
5 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
A short exploration of internationally exhibited Cheyenne-Arapaho artist Edgar Heap of Birds’ connection to, inspiration from, and commitment to the land.

Hidden Voices
Directed by Matthew Brooks, Michael Cooper, and Holly White
9 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Being a minority religion in the Bible Belt can be a challenge, especially for those who left their churches for pagan practices.

Reaching New Heights: Russellville’s Rocket Team
Directed by J. Whitson
27 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
In 2015, the Russellville City School Engineering Team won the International Rocketry Challenge at the Paris Air Show.

1108 Dynamite Hill
Directed by Mary Campbell Kitchens and Joseph Quintana
9 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Life-long Birmingham resident Jeff Drew shows us terrorism is far from a new phenomenon.

SOME MILLION MILES
Directed by Jared Ragland and Adam Forrester
13 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Set within a rural landscape of abundant beauty and deep poverty, this film is a meditation on loss and the search for redemption amidst systemic social and economic marginalization.

Ladylike
Directed by Rachel Bickert, Emily Tapanes, Emma Wang, and Lidieth Arevalo
20 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
A young queer woman comes to terms with her sexuality, shattering her deep-rooted religious beliefs and cultural stereotypes within her conservative community, family and self.

Screenings in the Alabama School of Fine Arts multiplex are proudly sponsored by Birmingham Business Journal and ASFA.

PIE IN THE PUSS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF PIEING IN FILM
Directed by Stacey Davis
9 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
From a pie in the face, to the pie toss, to the ultimate pie fight -- the evolution of pieing in film.

Vishwesh Bhatt: The South I Love
Directed by Nicole Du Bois
7 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Follow along with Vishwesh Bhatt as he recounts his journey from cooking for beer money to celebrated chef.

A Woman’s Place
Directed by Callie Walls and Jennifer Wells
9 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
The high-end culinary world has traditionally been a boy’s club, and pioneering women chefs and restaurant owners in Birmingham are trying to change that.

Beautiful Rainbow
Directed by Heather Rickles
5 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Matthew and Tay work their way up from a farm to table educational program to the real workforce using determination, and a little bit of swag.

Plated Prose
Directed by Ava Lowrey
7 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Ravi Howard digs through the Lupton Collection at the University of Alabama, discovering self-crafted narratives and the voices of those who wrote before him.

Who’s Your Farmer?
Directed by Jess Lingle
14 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Do you know where your food comes from? And you can’t say “the grocery store.”

One Stop
Directed by Ava Lowrey
7 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Owner Heather Ehl and cook Patrick McMillan have been working together for 20+ years at Mac’s 1 Stop, a gas station and lunch counter that feeds Birmingham’s downtown laborers.

Screenings in the Alabama School of Fine Arts multiplex are proudly sponsored by Birmingham Business Journal and ASFA.

Here we explore different aspects of Alabama’s complex politics.

Dawoud Bey: The Birmingham Project
Directed by Carroll Moore
11 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
A portrait of American photographer Dawoud Bey’s series that commemorates the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church.

Woke Vote
Directed by Lance Warren and Hannah Ayers
17 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
The inside story of how a preacher’s daughter from Birmingham assembled a team and strategy to send a Democrat to the Senate from Alabama for the first time in 25 years.

Druid City Strong
Directed by Blake Hudson
11 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
The story of the emergency workers who risked their lives to save countless others the day an EF4 tornado hit Tuscaloosa.

Walls of Jericho
Directed by Stacey Brannan, Logan Hames, and Michael Wolter
11 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Blighted Birmingham neighborhoods are a destination for both urban explorers and urban revitalizers.

The People of Climbing
Directed by Josh Greenwood
14 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Examining race, equity, representation and inclusion in America through the lens of the Color the Crag outdoor festival in Alabama.

Call Me
Directed by Megan Friend and Norris Davis
9 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
A tale of Alexander Shunnarah and his many, many billboards.

A Generation Drowning
Directed by Lauren Senwo and Nikita Udayakumar
9 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Student debt and college access weigh down today’s students and recent graduates.

Murder In Mobile
Directed by Adam Fischer
24 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Murder in Mobile is a film about race, murder, and one family's search for the truth 70 years later.

These documentaries provide insight into the issues that fascinate today’s youth, and see solutions through their eyes.

In Character (BLACK LENS)
Directed by Kathine Chen, Kunga Choepel, and Pranab Malla
9 minutes • USA
Two teens offer a glimpse into the world of cosplay and comic-cons, discussing both the benefits and hardships of being a part of the cosplay community.

Feminism Through Isabella
Directed by Alyssa Abreu, Jidobi Chime, Taylor Fields, and Nehanda Hammond
8 minutes • USA
From a young girl in her pajamas to a political activist protesting gender inequality in Washington Square Park, women of all ages and backgrounds talk about their personal notions of feminism.

Las Madres Perdidas (LIFE AND LIBERTY)
Directed by Anna Katz
4 minutes • USA
Resilience, love, and motherhood.

Mario (LIFE AND LIBERTY)
Directed by Sam Slye
3 minutes • USA
An interview with a deported veteran of the US military.

Displaced (LIFE AND LIBERTY)
Directed by Zachary Echevarria, A’mya Celenia McKnight, and Nerissa Wright
10 minutes • USA
Interviews with New York City locals reveal both the large and small-scale effects of gentrification.

The Blacker the Berry (BLACK LENS)
Directed by Taylor Fields and Camille Wilson
10 minutes • USA
Teens discuss the importance of self-love in the African-American community as a means of fighting against colorist media.

Birmingham 1963… A Year of Triumphs and Tragedies (AL FILM) (LIFE AND LIBERTY)
Directed by Rafael Ibarra
10 minutes • USA
This film tells the story of the Birmingham Campaign and how it is a pivotal point in our nation's history.

Guatemalans and Their Government (LIFE AND LIBERTY)
Directed by Daniel Novokov and Walt Schoen
9 minutes • USA
Two teens explore the relationship between the Guatemalan government and Guatemalan press.

T(HE)Y
Directed by Caroline Callender and Silver Liftin
11 minutes • USA
Dakota Nieves and Indiana Baker explore their experiences growing up as transgender high school students in New York City.

Mr. Ji
Directed by Lukas Calabrese
8 minutes • USA
Mr. Ji is a wheelchair bound dog as eccentric as the NYC neighborhood he lives in.

Explore the complexity of the human condition in these documentary shorts about relationships.

Meet Uncle Paul
Directed by Jessica Bursi
14 minutes • USA
Documentary short
Paul is 62-years-young, a lover of The Beatles, The Monkees, and The Terminator, and he happens to be living with Down syndrome.

Betty Feeds The Animals
Directed by James P. Gannon
9 minutes • USA
Documentary short
Betty loves animals, and everyday she puts 30 bowls of food outside to feed them.

Ài Bàba (Love Dad)
Directed by Connie Huang
6 minutes • USA
Documentary short
An intimate recording between a mother and her 7 year old daughter about divorce.

Love Birds
Directed by Ashley Mosher
8 minutes • USA
Documentary short
An American woman travels into the Amazon jungle, discouraged with her marriage, and on a quest for adventure.

Not Make Dreams Your Master
Directed by Theodore Collatos
8 minutes • USA
Documentary short
Eavesdrop on the cultural mash-up between a country group and a multicultural trio, who discuss everything from philosophy, gender, race, and confronting the void.

Better Man
Directed by Chris Stanford
14 minutes • USA
Documentary short
A father and son relationship is tested after a rodeo injury leaves the young cowboy in a hopeless situation.

The Shearer
Directed by Jeremy Seifert
15 minutes • USA
Documentary short
Jonathan Hearne is a master sheep shearer and one of the most sought after for his trade in the Southeast.

The Race
Directed by Dina Rudick
10 minutes • USA
Documentary short
A Huntington’s Disease researcher comes face-to-face with three generations of a family devastated by the fatal, incurable disease she studies.

A Line Birds Cannot See
Directed by Amy Bench
9 minutes • USA
Animated short
Separated from her mother by smugglers at the border, a 12-year-old sets out across the desert.

Uniontown
Directed by Fraser Jones
16 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Modern day freedom fighters in rural Alabama band together to take back their town from industrial polluters and passive politicians.
Sweet Sweet Kink
Directed by Maggie M. Bailey
13 minutes • USA
Documentary short
Sweet Sweet Kink takes a sweet, sweet peek into the kinky world of bondage, dominance, and sadomasochism.

Lumpkin, GA
Directed by Nicholas Manting Brewer
24 minutes • USA
Documentary short
A fading southern town. A massive immigrant detention center down the road. A mosaic of life in the middle of America’s immigration crackdown.

The Gospel of Combat
Directed by David Hutchinson
12 minutes • USA
Documentary short
Threatened by the violent aftermath of Kenya’s 2017 elections, a fledgling Aikido sensei ponders whether his martial art can heal old wounds.

Exit 12
Directed by Mohammad Gorjestani
24 minutes • USA
Documentary short
US Marine Roman Baca, with other veterans and military families, uses dance to reclaim themselves, and change the perceptions of the Veteran community.

These documentary shorts explore human rights issues.
The Conqueror
Directed by Timothy Blackwood
12 minutes • USA
Documentary short
Maintenance worker by day, pro-boxer by night, Jerome Conquest shares a story of redemption, not only for himself, but for his struggling community.

Katie and the Black Robin Hood
Directed by Alessandra Giordano and John Richie
21 minutes • USA
Documentary short
Katie Carter is a Public Defender in New Orleans who makes sentencing films on behalf of her clients, demonstrating the power of empathy to reform our justice system.

HER ROOM BY THE KITCHEN
Directed by Romina Romero-Hermoso
12 minutes • USA
Documentary short
Rous, a 25-year-old Mexican woman, questions the true value of the opportunities promised by being an au pair in the USA.

Cincuenta (Fifty)
Directed by Alberto Chumaceiro
4 minutes • Venezuela
Documentary short
The story of Miguel Castillo Bracho, killed by a military officer, and the 50th victim of anti-government protests in Caracas, Venezuela.

Enforcement Hours
Directed by Paloma Martinez
13 minutes • USA
Documentary short
In a climate of xenophobia and confusion, a San Francisco hotline aims to provide limited assistance to a targeted population.

Dying Out Loud
Directed by Jake J. Smith
20 minutes • United Kingdom
Documentary short
Female lifers in a US maximum-security prison form a band, the Lady Lifers, to sing about their lives of bad decisions.

Medina’s Song
Directed by Bob Miller
12 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Despite the persistent threat of bombings, a young Sudanese educator uses her classroom to spark resilience and pride amongst her people.

Confirmation Bias
Directed by Theodore Collatos
7 minutes • USA
Documentary short
The controversial nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, complimented by the sounds of abuse found in the 1978 film "I Spit on Your Grave." Viewer discretion is advised.

PIE IN THE PUSS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF PIEING IN FILM
Directed by Stacey Davis
9 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
From a pie in the face, to the pie toss, to the ultimate pie fight -- the evolution of pieing in film.

Vishwesh Bhatt: The South I Love
Directed by Nicole Du Bois
7 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Follow along with Vishwesh Bhatt as he recounts his journey from cooking for beer money to celebrated chef.

A Woman’s Place
Directed by Callie Walls and Jennifer Wells
9 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
The high-end culinary world has traditionally been a boy’s club, and pioneering women chefs and restaurant owners in Birmingham are trying to change that.

Beautiful Rainbow
Directed by Heather Rickles
5 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Matthew and Tay work their way up from a farm to table educational program to the real workforce using determination, and a little bit of swag.

Plated Prose
Directed by Ava Lowrey
7 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Ravi Howard digs through the Lupton Collection at the University of Alabama, discovering self-crafted narratives and the voices of those who wrote before him.

Who’s Your Farmer?
Directed by Jess Lingle
14 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Do you know where your food comes from? And you can’t say “the grocery store.”

One Stop
Directed by Ava Lowrey
7 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Owner Heather Ehl and cook Patrick McMillan have been working together for 20+ years at Mac’s 1 Stop, a gas station and lunch counter that feeds Birmingham’s downtown laborers.

People of Alabama: My Friend the Goose
Directed by Tamika Moore and Lauren Musgrove
5 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Tracy Wilhelm, an elementary school art teacher, shares a unique relationship with Lucas, a goose living in the Fairhope duck pond.

Uncle Glen’s Hygienic Panty
Directed by Jeff Jeffcoat
25 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
In 1992, Jeff was a young actor in LA with a budding career when a bizarre VHS tape arrived from his wayward Uncle Glen.

Spirit Citizen
Directed by Nick Corrao
5 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
A short exploration of internationally exhibited Cheyenne-Arapaho artist Edgar Heap of Birds’ connection to, inspiration from, and commitment to the land.

Hidden Voices
Directed by Matthew Brooks, Michael Cooper, and Holly White
9 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Being a minority religion in the Bible Belt can be a challenge, especially for those who left their churches for pagan practices.

Reaching New Heights: Russellville’s Rocket Team
Directed by J. Whitson
27 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
In 2015, the Russellville City School Engineering Team won the International Rocketry Challenge at the Paris Air Show.

1108 Dynamite Hill
Directed by Mary Campbell Kitchens and Joseph Quintana
9 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Life-long Birmingham resident Jeff Drew shows us terrorism is far from a new phenomenon.

SOME MILLION MILES
Directed by Jared Ragland and Adam Forrester
13 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Set within a rural landscape of abundant beauty and deep poverty, this film is a meditation on loss and the search for redemption amidst systemic social and economic marginalization.

Ladylike
Directed by Rachel Bickert, Emily Tapanes, Emma Wang, and Lidieth Arevalo
20 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
A young queer woman comes to terms with her sexuality, shattering her deep-rooted religious beliefs and cultural stereotypes within her conservative community, family and self.

Sunday, August 25 • 6:55pm - 8:49pm
114 mins

River Music For All
Directed by Hunter Nichols
6 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Alabama Symphony Youth Orchestra and the Cahaba River Society discuss how spending time in nature plays a significant role in creativity.

The Accidental Environmentalist: Catherine Flowers
Directed by Ellen Esling
10 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
A mosquito bite leads an Alabama activist to solve problems at the intersection of poverty, climate change, and politics.

The Love Bugs
Directed by Allison Otto and Maria Clinton
34 minutes • USA
Documentary short
Lois, 90, and Charlie, 85, are two aging but dedicated Entomologists sharing a marriage and career for 55 years.

EXTREMOPHILES
Directed by Leah Shore
4 minutes • USA
Documentary short
A portrait film about the pollution in Brooklyn, NY and beyond.

Soiled
Directed by Magdalene Kennedy & Katie Tindol
10 minutes • USA - AL
Documentary short
Two women navigate the complexities of rural sanitation and community life in Alabama's Black Belt.

JUNK
Directed by Chris Jones
29 minutes • USA
Documentary short
A Marine veteran turned scientist teams up with a scrappy sailor and sails from California to Hawaii on a raft made of 15,000 plastic bottles.

Unaccountable
Directed by Stacey Stone
10 minutes • USA
Documentary short
The Salton Sea is the largest lake in California, and suffers from pollution and over-salination. Viewer discretion is advised.

Being With Elephants
Directed by James Martin
12 minutes • USA
Documentary short
Throughout the Siana region of the Maasai Mara, rangers must monitor the shrinking elephant corridors in order to prevent future collisions of man and beast. Viewer discretion is advised.