Black Lens Shorts: More Than a Monolith

Films that recognize Black stories on screen are not limited to one genre, identity, or experience.

  • 90 minutes
  • Capriccio

    Directed By Kiah Clingman

    9:27 United States Alabama Premiere

    NARRATIVE, WOMEN IN FILM

    Two strangers meet in a cozy bookstore where music and dance form a non-verbal language of expression and ignite an unexpected romance.


    Church Hat

    Directed By Miceál Og O'Donnell

    7:04 United States Southern U.S. Premiere

    ANIMATED, SHOUT

    When his traditional Jamaican mother catches him playing dress-up with her prized church hats (crowns), a young boy expects trouble. Instead, he discovers that love means being seen, accepted, and celebrated exactly as he is.


    Lemon

    Directed By Beth Curry

    14:47 • United States Southern U.S. Premiere

    WOMEN IN FILM, NARRATIVE

    When her agoraphobic mother dies suddenly, six-year-old Lemon must overcome her conditioned fear and venture outside for the first time. Her journey from fear to bravery becomes a tender exploration of courage, imagination, and human connection.


    A Mystical Ornithology

    Directed By Jeremy Seifert, Benjamin James Roberts

    11:07 • United States

    DOCUMENTARY

    In this lyrical portrait, ornithologist, poet, and professor Drew Lanham invites you into his South Carolina farm where birdwatching becomes both refuge and revelation. 


    God Sleeps On Sundays 

    Directed By Naishe Nyamubaya

    16:47 • Zimbabwe • Southern U.S. Premiere

    INTERNATIONAL, NARRATIVE

    When a new preacher arrives to build a church, he clashes with a village's traditional healer in an exploration of the current tension between traditional culture and Western religion in Zimbabwe. 


    Eternal

    Directed By Joshua Jeffrey Miller

    17:15 • United States • Alabama Premiere

    ALABAMA, STUDENT, NARRATIVE

    "Eternal" is an allegorical tale about a man who, in his grief, seeks out death and the ability to see his loved one again.


    Spilled Milk

    Directed By Jared Leaf

    13:04 • United States

    NARRATIVE

    A father's innocent errand leads him to an encounter with an enigmatic figure called The Milk Man in this Jordan Peele produced film.



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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.