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THE VIRUS. A GROUP OF LOCAL RUNNERS IS BRINGING HISTORY TO LIFE, RUNNING THROUGH RAIN AND HISTORIC STREETS TO SHARE UNTOLD STORIES. THIS WEEKEND, THE FIVE POINTS BUSINESS OWNER AND HIS RUN CREW IS PARTNERSHIP IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ALABAMA JAZZ HALL OF FAME, UNVEILS THE NEXT CHAPTER OF THEIR ON THE FLY FILM SERIES. A POWERFUL CIVIL RIGHTS TOUR FROM BIRMINGHAM TO SELMA, �������� 13, BRITTANY DECKER HAS MORE. IN A CITY RICH WITH HISTORY. WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HOW DO YOU CHART A PATH FOR THE FUTURE WITHOUT KNOWING THE PAST? A UNIQUE RUNNING GROUP IS NOT ONLY COVERING MILES. THEY’RE UNCOVERING STORIES. THIS RUN CREW COULD NOT EXIST IN 1984. ACE GRAHAM, OWNER OF ALCHEMY, HAS TRANSFORMED HIS PASSION FOR RUNNING INTO A PLATFORM FOR BOTH FITNESS AND EDUCATION. UNITE US IN HISTORY AND IN MEMORY, AND THEN ALSO IN EDUCATION. ACE ALCHEMY RUN CREW EMBARKED ON A MONUMENTAL 254 MILE JOURNEY. WE CAN DO BETTER. LET’S GO. A CIVIL RIGHTS TOUR THAT SPANNED 40 HOURS AND CONNECTED CRITICAL MOMENTS IN HISTORY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EDMUND PETTUS BRIDGE WAS A HIGHLIGHT, BECAUSE THAT MARCH FROM SELMA TO MONTGOMERY, YOU LEARN ABOUT IT IN SCHOOL. YOU SEE IT EVERY TIME, BUT YOU NEVER REALLY KNOW THE FULL STORY WITHOUT BEING THERE AND HEARING FIRSTHAND ACCOUNTS FROM THAT. THEY DOCUMENTED THE JOURNEY TO SHARE WITH THIS FILM, SHOWING THE DIFFERENCES. THE RUN, COINCIDING WITH THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE 16TH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH BOMBING IN SEPTEMBER, CULMINATES IN A NEW FILM. ON THE FLY, PREMIERING THIS WEEKEND. THE FILM CHRONICLES THE RUNNERS POWERFUL EXPERIENCES, SHEDDING LIGHT ON UNTOLD STORIES. THESE EXPERIENCES FROM PEOPLE WHILE THEY’RE STILL ALIVE AND CONNECTS THE PAST WITH THE PRESENT. THIS IS WHAT IT WAS 60 YEARS AGO. THIS IS WHAT IT IS NOW. BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCES, BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS NO WAY THAT YOU COULD RUN PAST THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION AS A BLACK MAN DOWN THE STREET, YOU KNOW, LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THAT A BLACK MAN AND A WHITE WOMAN RUNNING DOWN HIGHWAY 80 TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, LIKE THESE ARE THINGS THAT WERE UNHEARD OF. THE FILM, JUST A FRACTION OF ACE’S VISION. HIS BUSINESS AND RUN GROUP HAVE BECOME A COMMUNITY HUB BUILT ON SOLIDARITY AND SUPPORT. EVEN AFTER A TRAGIC SHOOTING NEAR HIS FIVE POINTS STORE. WHEN RUNNERS STILL SHOWED UP 15 HOURS OR WHATEVER IT WAS. AFTER THE SHOOTING, WE HAD 70 PEOPLE, DIVERSE PEOPLE ON THE ROAD, RUNNING AT NIGHTTIME, YOU KNOW, SO TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT SOLIDARITY AND ALCHEMY’S IMPACT ALSO REACHES THOSE IN NEED, 5000 PAIRS BY 2028. WE’VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT WE’VE GOT A LOT OF SHOES TO GIVE AND A LOT OF MILES TO RUN. DOING IT A RUN THROUGH HISTORY. A COMMUNITY UNITED BY PURPOSE, ALCHEMY, RUNNING. MOVING FORWARD. TOGETHER. BRITTANY DECKER. �������� 13. ON THE FLY A CIVIL RIGHTS TOUR PREMIERES THIS SUNDAY AT THE CARVER THEATER. DOORS OPEN AT TWO, WITH THE FILM STARTING AT 230. THEY’LL FOLLOW THE SCREENING WITH A Q&A. IF YOU’D LIKE TO GET TICKETS, YOU CAN FI