Doc Shorts: The Extra-Ordinary

Monograph: Ajene Williams

Directed By Matthew Grcic

05:22 • United States

ALABAMA, BLACK LENS

Ajene Williams is a resident artist at Sloss Metal Arts (Sloss Furnaces) in Birmingham, Alabama. He sculpts and welds cold scrap metal into warm, life-like sculptures.

Oh Whale

Directed By Winslow Crane-Murdoch

25:42 • United States • Alabama Premiere

When Paul Linnman arrived in Florence, Oregon, on November 12th, 1970, he had no idea that a seemingly innocuous news story about a dead whale would forever define his career.

From Rodeo to Polo: The First HBCU Polo Team

Directed By Kendi King

18:38 • United States

BLACK LENS, STUDENT, WOMEN IN FLIM

The first Black collegiate polo team at Morehouse College chases national USPA certification as it transforms a rag-tag team of charismatic cowboys into pioneering polo stars. 

Roots & Relics

Directed By Matthew Josiah Avant

22:30 • United States

EPISODIC

Roots & Relics is a documentary series hosted by JD Hart that uncovers extraordinary stories behind everyday heirlooms. In this episode, uncover the mystery behind a man whose last words are recorded in a roughly hewn stone.

A New Inferno 

Directed By Nita Blum, Jonathan Pickett

16:00 • United States • Alabama Premiere

Filmed during the hottest days of Phoenix, Arizona's summer heatwave, "A New Inferno" follows paramedics as they race to save the lives of heatstroke victims using a radical new treatment: ice immersion therapy.