Life & Liberty Shorts: Freedom in Practice

Sea Song

Directed by An-Phuong Ly

17:58 • USA • Alabama Premiere

LIFE & LIBERTY, WOMEN IN FILM

Finding solace in the shared experience of their youth, the last remaining South Vietnamese naval officers trained by the US during the Vietnam War reconnect with the few people in the world who understand the complexities that shaped them.

Honor Song

Directed by Ryan Begay

19:35 • USA

LIFE & LIBERTY

Celebrating the long history and service of Native Americans in the United States military, veterans of the Southwest share personal stories and perspectives of their military service and their cultural experience.

60 Years of Selma

Directed by Jori Parson

16:04 • USA • Alabama Premiere

LIFE & LIBERTY, ALABAMA, BLACK LENS, WOMEN IN FILM

Sixty years after the 1965 Voting Rights Act was signed into law, civil rights activists and historians gather to reflect on the movement in Selma, Alabama, that led to revolutionary change.

The Other Roe

Directed by Wendy Eley Jackson

14:47 • USA • Southern US Premiere

LIFE & LIBERTY, BLACK LENS, WOMEN IN FILM

Learn the untold story of attorney Margie Pitts Hames whose Supreme Court victory in Doe v. Bolton - the companion case to Roe v. Wade - reshaped reproductive rights in America.

Projecting Protest

Directed by Thomas Clement

22:07 • USA • Southern US Premiere

LIFE & LIBERTY

Over the past decade, activists across the political spectrum have been deploying a new protest tactic: guerrilla light projection. Projection devices have become cheap, powerful, and can be smaller than a toaster. They are also, for the most part, wildly unregulated by American law.