Iron Sharpens Iron Directed by John Gallen 12 minutes • USA Documentary, Family Iron Sharpens Iron profiles the rivalry between two of the best wheelchair basketball players in the world. Steve Serio, Team USA, and Patrick Anderson, Team Canada, have won gold medals at five of the last six Paralympic Games. The film explores how they have overcome extraordinary challenges to compete on the world stage. Through highlighting the capabilities of adaptive sports athletes, it seeks to change perceptions about what someone with a disability can do.
The Last Last Hike Directed by Céline François 20 minutes • USA Documentary, Alabama 83-year-old Nimblewill Nomad is about to become the oldest person to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. But he didn’t start at Springer Mountain, Georgia - his trek began on Flagg Mountain in Alabama, the true southern terminus of the Appalachian Mountain Range. Throughout his odyssey, he’s meeting hikers along the way and sharing the magic of Flagg Mountain, where he has been the caretaker for the past three years. With more than two decades and 50,000 miles of hiking experience behind him, will this really be his last last hike?
The Wintering Grounds Directed by Jeff Springer 23 minutes • USA Documentary, Alabama, Family “The Wintering Grounds” is an intimate look at globe trotting, world-class kayakers who train together, camping out in a city parking lot, near the longest urban rapids course in the world.
Baseball's Living Museum Directed by Jordan Blankenship, Chelsie Budd 10 minutes • USA Documentary, Alabama America’s oldest pro baseball park is Rickwood Field, a place to learn about baseball history and, if you’re lucky, catch a game.
Deerfoot of the Diamond Directed by Lance Edmands 27 minutes • USA Documentary, Black Lens DEERFOOT OF THE DIAMOND is a mixed-format documentary collage about the career and legacy of Louis Sockalexis, the first Native American to play major league baseball. Born on the Penobscot Indian Reservation in Old Town, Maine, Sockalexis was signed by the Cleveland Spiders in 1897, becoming the first recognized minority in the sport, fifty years before Jackie Robinson.
One Heck of a Game Directed by Karen DeLuca Stephens 18 minutes • USA Documentary, Family In the summer of 1937 during the Depression a group of 13 year old boys from an Italian immigrant neighborhood of Boston forms a baseball team.
