Introducing Our Newest Short Film: Soaring Together

Soaring Together: A Tuskegee Airmen Story is Ozark Vitality’s new short film inspired by the true partnership between Tuskegee Airmen James Shipley of Tipton, Missouri, and Harry Stewart Jr. of Queens, New York. The film is not yet available for streaming; audiences can experience it at live screenings beginning with the world premiere at the State Historical Society of Missouri in Columbia on February 10, 2026, followed by a Black History Month screening at the Eddie Mae Herron Center in Pocahontas, Arkansas, on February 20, 2026 at 6pm. Stay tuned for additional dates and locations.

A film by Zachary Scott Clark. Presented by Ozark Vitality in Collaboration with Opportunity 1888 Foundation. Major funding provided by Missouri Humanities. Inspired by the biographies Soaring to Glory and Together as One. Starring Jason J. Little as James Shipley and Zachary Scott Clark as Harry Stewart Jr. Filmed, Edited & Sound Designed by J.T. Ibanez. Assistant Editor, Titles & Graphics by Quinsonta Boyd. Written by Ken Turner and Zachary Scott Clark. Produced by Meigan Alicia and Zachary Scott Clark. Executive Producer Tami Hale.

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In this intimate portrait, memorial artist Kevin Hale turns grief into purpose, shaping stone into a source of healing. What began in personal loss has become his most meaningful work—a collaborative healing project for military Veterans living with the invisible burdens they carry home.

A film by J.T. Ibanez. Filmed on location in Farmington and Perryville, Missouri. Presented by Ozark Vitality with support from Missouri’s National Veterans Memorial. Major funding provided by Missouri Humanities.

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