Rolling at The Tower
Rolling at The Tower

Movie·2025

Rolling at The Tower

An Ode to Birmingham's Roller Skating Community

Directed By

Yontan Tiruneh

Language

English

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The Story

Dating back to the 1800s, Birmingham’s roller skating scene is a flourishing, diverse community - but it lacks dedicated spaces. This community documentary explores the history of one roller venue, The Tower Ballroom, and considers what it tells us about the power of community action.

Producer

Iris Bertz, Jen Wilbur

Editor

John Hill-Daniel

Themes

roller skatingroller skatesbirminghamsocial & cultural documentarypoetic documentaryhistory

Production House

Bertz Associates
Children of the Diaspora

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Cast

Empress Gibbs

Simone Word Smith

Charles Thomas

Danny Yaggan Richards

Edy aka “M.uuya”

Eva Bennett

Joseph 'JT' Afolabi

Maxine Smith

Mikey Rollins

Nat Young

Nevaeh Major-Edwards

Paige Clarke-Jeffers

Rachel Rollins

SK8 Wid Ricco Leon Nemz

// crew

Crew

Iris Bertz

Executive Producer

Yontan Tiruneh

Director

John Hill-Daniel

Director, Editor, Writer

Jen Wilbur

Producer, Writer

Mia Sugunasingha

Producer

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