🏈 How to watch new Bama film, THREE DAYS AT FOSTER

[akd1988]

Greetings all. Fresh from premiering to a sold-out audience at Birmingham's Sidewalk Film Festival, THREE DAYS AT FOSTER, my documentary film about the pioneer athletes who shattered the color barrier in Tuscaloosa---including Wilbur Jackson---is now available on demand---for a limited time.

Click here to watch a trailer, read newspaper stories about it, and see the film itself:

http://threedaysatfoster.com/

 

[FlaBama]

Intriguing title. Does “THREE DAYS AT FOSTER” in any way refer to old FosterAuditorium? I had a brother-in-law thatattended UA in the mid-50s that played two years of football and four ofbaseball. He was dirt poor and struck adeal with the Athletic Department to let him clean up Foster Auditorium afterevery home game in exchange for letting him live there all year. Every night he’d pull his Army cot out ofhiding and sleep over the top of the “A” at center court. All the students knew he lived there andreferred to Foster as “Morrison’s Mansion” back then. <o></o>

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Greetings all. Fresh from premiering to a sold-out audience at Birmingham's Sidewalk Film Festival, THREE DAYS AT FOSTER, my documentary film about the pioneer athletes who shattered the color barrier in Tuscaloosa---including Wilbur Jackson---is now available on demand---for a limited time.

Click here to watch a trailer, read newspaper stories about it, and see the film itself:

http://threedaysatfoster.com/

Keith, didn't know you were on the board. The Missing Ring is a great work on Bama football. Looking forward to viewing the film.

RTR,

Tim

 

[JoshB]

Intriguing title. Does “THREE DAYS AT FOSTER” in any way refer to old FosterAuditorium? I had a brother-in-law thatattended UA in the mid-50s that played two years of football and four ofbaseball. He was dirt poor and struck adeal with the Athletic Department to let him clean up Foster Auditorium afterevery home game in exchange for letting him live there all year. Every night he’d pull his Army cot out ofhiding and sleep over the top of the “A” at center court. All the students knew he lived there andreferred to Foster as “Morrison’s Mansion” back then. <o></o>

Yeah the "Foster" in the title is a reference to Foster Auditorium. The documentary is about the integration of athletics in Alabama with a big focus on the University of Alabama. I got a chance to see it last week and it's an amazing documentary with several stories I had never heard before. It obviously focuses on legends like Wilbur Jackson and John Mitchell but also more less known athletes too.

I reviewed it and had a chance to do a Q&A with Mr. Dunnavant too for BamaHammer.com.
http://bamahammer.com/2013/08/24/three-days-at-foster-documents-integration-of-alabama-football/
http://bamahammer.com/2013/08/26/keith-dunnavant-talks-about-new-documentary-three-days-at-foster/

 

[Bamabww]

Great documentary. Always enjoy your work Keith.

 

[akd1988]

Thanks for the kind words. Yes, we use Foster Auditorium as a symbol of change. In addition to the day Wallace stood in the door, we focus on two other defining days at Foster which reflect the evolution. But the film also goes way beyond Foster to focus on the five black guys who integrated the football team in 1967 as well as Wilbur Jackson, the Jackie Robinson of Bama football. Hope you will help us spread the word.
Flabama: Great story about your brother-in-law. Never heard that one.

 

[FlaBama]

J.B. Morrison was quite a character. Not only did he live in Foster "Morrison's Mansion," but he also sold Christmas cards to students and teachers every winter to earn extra money. He was voted the most popular student on campus his senior year. In 1955 Ears Whitworth gave him a clipboard and sent him to Knoxville to spy on Tennessee practices. JB hid in the woods diagramming plays for two days before someone spotted him and the Tennessee team ran him down in the woods. He was put under house arrest and held on campus until after the game had been played. He said they treated him like a king and fed him very well. JB played AAA baseball in the Cubs organization for several years but had a problem with his temper that got him in trouble every time he got close to moving up to the majors. He passed away a few years ago at his home in Sawyerville, AL, but held BBQs and fish fries for members of the Bama football team a few times a year for several decades at his camp house on the Warrior River prior to his death.

 

[akd1988]

Too funny! Sounds like he was a great character. Of course, the 1955 team couldn't have beaten you and me and nine random guys from the stands. They were horrible.