Stories from the Balcony is a documentary about growing up going to the movies in Frankfort, Kentucky, during the era of Jim Crow segregation. It is the story of community, love, and belonging, despite the discrimination and degradation faced by the Black community who were relegated to the balcony. The film has appearances from George C. Wolfe, Sheila Mason Burton, Mike Fields, Freddie Johnson, John Baughman, Vinson Parsons and many others. Katima Smith-Willis's voice brings a modern day perspective to the story with Mary Jackson as narrator.