Black Lens Spotlight: Shorts

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.