Monday | February 15, 2010

Catch Olympic Fever
A Special Screening in partnership with
The Lakeshore Foundation

Sidewalk is proud to again partner with the Lakeshore Foundation to screen a film that challenges the very notion of disability (we last partnered in 2005 to screen Murderball), Warrior Champions.

Warrior Champions

DATE: February 16, 2010
TIME: 5:30pm - Social; 6:30pm - Film
PLACE: Workplay (500 23rd Street South, Birmingham)
COST: $10 film
DETAILS: Arrive early and enjoy complimentary hors d’oeuvres, wine, and beer.

SYNOPSIS:A Renaud Brothers film that has received excellent reviews from NPR, NBC Universal Sports and Paste magazine, Warrior Champions tells the emotional and inspiring story of a group of severely wounded American Soldiers, as they fight to turn nightmares of war into Olympic dreams. Iraq War Veterans Kortney Clemons, Scott Winkler, Melissa Stockwell, and Carlos Leon, as little as a year after losing limbs and suffering paralysis fighting for their country in Iraq, have set out to do what many thought impossible; to compete in the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. Through failure, pain and triumph Warrior Champions follows these solider athletes for a full year as they compete for their spot on the US Paralympic team.

FOR TICKETS: Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.workplay.com. Tickets will also be available at the door.

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Mark Your Calendar
Birmingham’s best Pre-Oscar Bash

Join us on the red carpet for our Oscar Pre-Party to benefit Sidewalk and other projects of the Alabama Moving Image Association.

Pre-Oscar Bash

DATE: Thursday, March 4, 2010
TIME: 5:30pm - 8:30pm
PLACE: Kress Building (301 19th St. North, Birmingham)
COST: $20 general admission/$15 for Sidewalk and SHOUT members

Join us atop the beautiful Kress Building for an evening of awards season fun with Oscar Trivia, a Hollywood themed silent auction, and your chance to win Sidewalk VIP passes with our annual Oscar Pool. Arrive early and socialize with friends while enjoying hors d’oeuvres and beer compliments of Good People Brewery.

Hollywood Silent auction items include:

• Grand Prix Package: 2 Three Day Passes to the INDY Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park and access to the Paddock (The working garage area for the race teams, so bring your camera and autograph pens), and a DVD of the award winning Grand Prix (directed by John Frankenheimer and starring James Garner).
• Old School Keg Party Package: Good People Keg, $100 Publix Gift Card, an inflatable swimming pool, Whitesnake CD and a DVD of the 2003 blockbuster Old School.
• A MyScoop Glamour Package

and so much more

Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.BrownPaperTickets.com or by calling 800-838-3006. Tickets will also be available at the door.

 

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Sidewalk Silver Screen Encore Series

Join the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival and the Virginia Samford Theatre as we present the third of four Sidewalk 2009 audience favorites, That Evening Sun, a film that Star Magazine called “A finely etched character study…”

That Evening Sun

DATE: March 9, 2010
TIME: 6pm - Social; 7pm - Film
PLACE: Virginia Samford Theatre (1116 26th St S, 35205)
COST: $8 film
DETAILS: Come at 6pm to enjoy $2 beers and $4 wine and mingle with fellow film lovers.

SYNOPSIS: Abner Meecham, an aging Tennessee farmer discarded to a nursing facility by his lawyer son, flees the old folks' home and catches a ride back to his country farm to live out his days in peace. Upon his return, he discovers that his son has leased the farm to Abner's old enemy and his white trash family. Not one to suffer fools or go down easy, Abner moves into the old tenant shack on the property and declares that he won't leave until the farm is returned to his possession.

Lonzo Choat, the new tenant, has no intention to move out or give in to the old man's demands. This sets up a ruthless grudge match between Abner and Choat, each man right in his own eyes, each too stubborn to give an inch. Angered by his son's betrayal, and haunted by recurring dreams of his long-dead wife, Abner sets about his own path toward reclaiming his life. Lines are drawn, threats are made, and the simmering tension under the Southern sun erupts, inevitably, into savagery

More information about That Evening Sun can be found at ThatEveningSun.com

FOR TICKETS: Tickets can be purchased at the door. For more information on the Virginia Samford Theatre, visit virginiasamfordtheatre.org.

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