Sports Movie Night at the Bakery featuring boxing, flying, and more! The Bakery District and Fort Smith International Film Festival will host regional filmmaker Bernard Oliver’s documentary, Lost in the Sauce, which was screened at the 2022 film festival. The plot follows a professional boxer, professional musician, father and husband and his coach and mentor over a tale you have to see to believe. “I wanted to provide a look at a story that is ongoing and not yet at its end,” Oliver exclaims. “My teammate and current world contender, Kalvin Henderson, has always deserved to have his story told. My coach, Kevin Lightburn, also deserves to be celebrated. The perfect way I could do that was to follow them around and film and create something.”
Thursday April 27 at the Bakery District (70 S 7th St.), doors open at 6:30p.m. with the show starting at 7p.m. Oliver invites the River Valley to check out his emotion evoking film. “I want this story to reach each and every kid that was or is told they are not good enough. Every kid that had a dream that was crushed by adults or peers. I certainly want to touch those little black boys and girls who believe sports is their only way out of poverty. That myth must be crushed!” Director Bernard Oliver will there to give a Q&A after the screening.
The evening will also feature Limits: The Story of ArkanSTOL by Arkansas filmmakers Zak Heald, Nicholas Wiench. ArkanSTOL is a one-of-a-kind, uniquely challenging aerial competition that only the most skilled pilots are qualified to participate in. Testing pilots through a wide range of skills and demanding an intimate understanding of their plane, ArkanSTOL requires competitors to perform at the absolute top of their game. Pilots must thoroughly understand their own skill level as a pilot before attempting to qualify. For most pilots, flying at this event is an impossible challenge that requires years of experience. However, this year two young pilots, both 18, come to ArkanSTOL to try and make a name for themselves.
The Thursday night film series will showcase some of the 271 movies screened at the first two years of the Fort Smith International Film Festival. Executive Director Brandon Chase Goldsmith said, “If you missed the festival or didn’t catch a movie you wanted to see, then Movie Night at the Bakery is your chance. The opportunity to see incredible independent films should not be limited to two festival days. Bring your friends, family, or a date, grab some popcorn, a drink and enjoy a 5-dollar movie!”
