Vanderwaal's Journey Directed by Jahman Ariel Hill, Victoria Hurst 20 minutes • USA Narrative Vanderwaal's Journey is an amalgamation of horror, scifi, and afrofuturism heavily inspired by Lovecraft Country, Random Acts of Flyness, and Sampa the Great’s Black Atlantis. We follow Vanderwaal, a Black man from Alabama, on a transatlantic voyage to find the cure for both a deadly pandemic-inducing virus and the gentrification of his hometown. On this journey he battles the virus, monsters, white supremacy (aka monsters), and more in a quest that takes him to places he never could have imagined.
The Film Department: Pilot Directed by Annie Funderburk 9:46 minutes • USA Narrative The Film Department pilot is a comedy mockumentary about a university's film department gearing up for their famous annual Senior Showcase
No Mean Feet Directed by Ted Kendrick 8:28 minutes • USA Narrative A hunter tracks the legendary Bigfoot to find the task is no mean feat.
Why Not UAB Directed by Micheal Atiyeh 9:46 minutes • USA Documentary Why Not UAB is a short documentary that describes the rebirth of UAB Football after it was shut down in 2014 and returned in 2017. The films main focus in the success that the team has had over the last four years.
Preacher's Pulpits and the Letter from a Birmingham Jail Directed by Anissa Latham-Brown 9 minutes • USA Documentary Martin Luther King Jr’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” is known around the world as an iconic piece that captured the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement and outlined critical reasons for activism. But why did King decide that this letter was necessary? Who was he writing to, and how has Martin Luther King Jr’s letter continued to impact Birmingham’s faith communities? This short film blends archival, animation, and documentary interview techniques to investigate.
Love Without Parole Directed by Greg Womble 26:58 minutes • USA Documentary Michael falls deeply in love and matrimony follows. But married life can be tough when you’re serving a life-without-parole sentence in a notorious Alabama prison. The union soon dies, but the love doesn't. When Michael is miraculously freed after serving 36 years for relatively minor crimes, will the romance be reignited?
