Doc Shorts: The Extra-Ordinary
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- As a part of the 28th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival -
Films to remind us that the ordinary can become extraordinary and long-remembered unexpectedly.
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
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
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.
Films to remind us that the ordinary can become extraordinary and long-remembered unexpectedly.
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
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
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.
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