Documentaries about those who have worked and fought to gain, preserve, and practice their rights and freedom.
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.
