Doc Shorts: Legacies

Everyone leaves behind a legacy. Here are a few to inspire you.

  • 91 minutes
  • ERUCTATION

    Directed by Victoria Trow

    6:49 • USA Southern US Premiere

    WOMEN IN FILM

    The world record for loudest female burp is 107.3 decibels. Kaylee wants to beat it.


    Houdini II: A Beautiful Day to Die

    Directed by Daniel John

    17:12 • United Kingdom, United States Alabama Premiere

    BLACK LENS

    Reframing the Houdini myth, an African American magician and escape artist claims the name of Harry Houdini and builds a legacy of his own.


    Hwy 101 Yard Sale

    Directed by Andrew Johnston, Jackson Townsend

    9:39 • United States

    ALABAMA

    Every first weekend in October, along a quiet stretch of highway from Northwest Alabama to Tennessee, one woman exercises Southern hospitality through mouth-wateringly delicious pies as she participates in a 40-mile long open-air market.


    Fred’s Basement Bijou

    Directed by Michael T Vollmann

    14:22 • United States • Southern US Premiere

    In 1956, Fred Hermes rescued a colossal 1920s Wurlitzer organ from Detroit's Michigan Theatre. He then spent the next five decades transforming his basement into a fully functioning movie palace.


    BUCKSKIN

    Directed by Mars Verrone

    17:10 • United States • Southern US Premiere

    BLACK LENS, WOMEN IN FILM

    A portrait of the filmmaker's grandfather, Carroll B. Williams, the first African-American to receive a doctorate in forestry and entomology, the first African-American scientist to be hired by the U.S. Forest Service, and among the first African-Americans to be a part of the environmental science and forestry faculties at both Yale and UC Berkeley.


    Submitting Tigers

    Directed by Luke Kellerhouse

    25:41 • Germany, Ireland, United States

    WOMEN IN FILM

    After surviving horrific childhood trauma and rising as a professional MMA fighter, Julija Pajic finds unexpected healing, connection, and purpose among the street fighters and orphanages of Tanzania.

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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.