Fl*shing Injustice

19 minutes

2023

Directed by Astrid Malter

Completed as part of the Southern Exposure Film Fellowship.

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS: George Lindsey UNA Film Festival, St. Augustine Shorts Film Festival, Social Impact Film Festival, McMinnville Short Film Festival, Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival, Outer Banks Film Festival, Better Cities Film Festival, Sidewalk Film Festival, World Water Film Festival

AWARDS: Social Impact Award at the World Water Festival (2024)

Sherry Bradley and Perman Hardy met on an ordinary Friday afternoon. Amid national and international media recognition of the egregious sanitation and health challenges facing counties across the Black Belt, they helped create an extraordinary consortium of community members, academic institutions, nonprofits, and government agencies dedicated to finding practical solutions for wastewater issues throughout the Black Belt in Alabama.

The Black Belt Unincorporated Wastewater Project, UAB Sanitation Health and Equity program and other members of the Alabama Rural Water and Wastewater Management Consortium, are utilizing historic state and federal infrastructure funding to implement real solutions on the ground, transforming communities through education and bringing justice to areas that have long been overlooked and underserved for these basic needs.

To learn more about funding and technical assistance for both communities and individuals, please click here.