Shorts 2: The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement, Saving Face

The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
26 min.
Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin

Mr. James Armstrong is a rank-and-file "Foot Soldier" and a proud proprietor of Armstrong’s Barbershop, a cultural and political hub in Birmingham, Alabama, since 1955. On the eve of the election of the first African-American president, Mr. Armstrong sees his unimaginable dream come true.

Saving Face
40 min.
Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Every year hundreds of people, mostly women, are attacked with acid in Pakistan. This film follows several of these survivors, their fight for justice, and a London-based reconstructive surgeon who has returned to his homeland of Pakistan to help them restore their faces and their lives.