I’m Still Here

2025 | Coast Film & Music Festival

Duration: 26 min

Synopisis

Between 1947 and 1967, black owned homes in Birmingham, Alabama were bombed over 50 times. Homes on Center Street were targeted so often, the neighborhood became known as ‘Dynamite Hill.’ The street became an inflection point for the Civil Rights movement. I'm Still Here is a short film about three people who lived this history as children and elected to stay in Birmingham to try and turn the city's struggles with Civil Rights into a symbol for hope.

Featured at Coast Film & Music Festival 2025

Production Team

Stephen Stinson is co-director of I’m Still Here and an American-born director dedicated to telling beautiful human stories. His work has been featured on Short of the Week, Directors Library, Beyond the Short and Film Shortage. His debut documentary, To Draw a Horse, garnered a coveted Vimeo Staff Pick. His commercial work has won multiple National Addys, Tellys and Emmys. Stinson and Sam Miller have collaborated on projects for more than a decade, earning numerous national recognitions for their work together.

Sam Miller is a longtime copywriter and creative director from Birmingham, Alabama. I'm Still Here is his first documentary film. Miller and Stephen Stinson have collaborated on projects for over a decade, earning numerous national recognitions for their work together.