Black Lens Shorts

Narrative and documentary shorts featuring black filmmakers and actors.

  • 90 minutes
  • How does that make you feel

    Directed by Brivel Bariki

    4:13 • United States

    A man sits in silence, until the weight of everything he’s never said finally breaks the surface.

     

    Missing Rhythms

    Directed by Regina Hoyles

    15:23 • United States

    In a mysterious insane asylum full of missing Black women from all over the country, a woman must use rhythm to remember her true identity.

     

    Bloqué

    Directed by Miguel Ortiz

    6:39 • United States

    A drummer with a creative block visually takes the audience down his own memories into the heart of his emotional blockage.

     

    The Last Dance

    Directed by Hayden Mclean

    10:00 • United Kingdom

    A compulsory purchase order threatens a Caribbean family's life in East London. In defiance and longing, a last dance ignites as renters' rights take center stage.

     

    Heavy Is the Head

    Directed by Chap Edmonson

    9:24 • United States

    An experimental exploration of identity as a young black man learns to navigate the world and the expectations that weigh upon him.

     

    The Praise House

    Directed by Tyler Jones

    13:54 • United States

    In Harpersville, Alabama, a descendant community of enslaved people are collaborating with white descendants of the enslavers to reimagine the former plantation as a site for communal art and repair.

     

    Black Longevity

    Directed by Geneva Peschka

    23:50 • United States

    Follow a remarkable group of Black elders as they embrace the fullness of their lives in a powerful meditation on Black life, the beauty of aging, and the wisdom of our elders.

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About Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

We produce the nationally recognized Sidewalk Film Festival; organize a wide variety of educational programs for filmmakers and hold other events that create interest in and enthusiasm for independent film. To expand on this work and better serve our mission we have opened the Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema, a two-screen independent movie theater in the heart of Birmingham’s historic theatre district.