Black Lens Shorts
Not Rated
Run Time: 1 hour, 48 minutes

Thursday, August 27th at 8:00pm

Screen 1 is sponsored by Greater Birmingham Convention and Visitors’ Bureau.

Pricing (Per Car):
1 Person Car- $15
2 Person Car – $26
3 Person Car – $35
4 Person Car – $42
5+ Person Car – $47

**Please review our safety and security policies prior to purchase**

Location: Grand River Drive-In
6200 Grand River Blvd E
Leeds, AL 35094

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Gossamer
Narrative Short – Black Lens
14.5 Minutes
Dir. Charlie Schmidlin
USA
An Illinois farming family on the verge of collapse faces an uncertain future when livestock disappear and a tick finds a host.

Brother
Narrative Short – Black Lens
15 Minutes
Dir. Ya’ke
USA
Jason and Caleb have been friends for the better part of a decade, but then Caleb’s brother comes home.

Inverted
Narrative Short – Black Lens, Alabama
5 Minutes
Dir. Marcus January
USA
Kevin comes home to an unexpected situation with his housemate.

Adullam
Narrative Short – Black Lens
14 Minutes
Dir. Regina Hoyles
USA
A young Chicago woman with a well-kept secret enjoys a typical day in the south suburbs.

Coup d’etat Math
Documentary Short – Black Lens
7.5 Minutes
Dir. Sai Selvarajan
USA
The film explores four different immigrant stories – a fight to be born, a fight to survive, a fight to find your place, and the fight to maintain.

Good Guy with a Gun
Narrative Short – Black Lens
20 Minutes
Dir. Bryian Montgomery
USA
An incel walks us through his newfound epiphany on why he decided to buy a gun.

Slave 2
Narrative Short – Black Lens, Alabama
8 Minutes
Dir. Rico Shay
USA
Ancestors from the past and the lineage of the present are compared to what they are enslaved to mentally.

Hangry
Narrative Short – Black Lens
7.5 Minutes
Dir. Clint Till
USA
An elderly man attempts to right a lunchtime wrong.

A Mother
Narrative Short – Black Lens
16 Minutes
Dir. Natasha K Ngaiza
As a town copes with the disappearance of a little girl, a mother of two must come to terms with her own decision to abort an unexpected pregnancy.

**This will be a socially distanced event, and we will be honoring all regulations put forth by our local and state governments and public health officials. You should come to the event only with the people you’ve been “safer at home” with, wear face coverings when visiting restrooms, and follow all safety and security guidelines (see your confirmation email for more information).

Join us for a Q & A on our Facebook Live with Clint Till (Hangry) – happening Tuesday, August 25th at 11 AM CDT. We’ll have some questions prepared but you can ask yours in the comments!

Join us for a Q & A on our Facebook Live with Rico Shay (Slave 2) – happening Thursday, August 27th at 11 AM CDT. We’ll have some questions prepared but you can ask yours in the comments!

Join us for a Q & A on our Facebook Live with Bryian Montgomery, Jr. (Good Guy With A Gun) – happening Saturday, August 29th at 3 PM CDT. We’ll have some questions prepared but you can ask yours in the comments!