Black Lens Spotlight: Shorts

Films from the Black community in front of and behind the lens.

  • 92 minutes
  • Spilled Milk

    Directed By Jared Leaf

    13:04 • United States • Alabama Premiere

    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.


    Dreamwalker

    Directed By Luca Schenato, Sinem Vardarli

    15:00 • United Kingdom • Alabama Premiere

    ANIMATED, INTERNATIONAL, WOMEN IN FILM, GENRE

    When a shaman embarks on a quest to save his village from extinction, he connects with a scientist from a different time who is also striving to save her civilization.


    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.


    Wall of Sound

    Directed By Anissa Latham-Brown

    11:02 • United States

    ALABAMA, DOCUMENTARY, WOMEN IN FILM

    Watch the electrifying and intense journey of the nationally recognized Purple Marching Machine from Miles College—an HBCU in Fairfield, Alabama—as the band prepares for the 2025-2026 season.


    Free Joan Little 

    Directed By Yoruba Richen

    35:17 • United States

    DOCUMENTARY, LIFE & LIBERTY, WOMEN IN FILM

    In 1975, Joan Little became the first woman in US history to be acquitted of using deadly force to resist sexual assault. As a Black incarcerated woman in North Carolina who killed her white prison guard who was trying to rape her, Little's murder trial sparked a nationwide discussion on sexual assault.

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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.