The 17th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival August 28-30
Sidewalk Film Festival is produced by the Alabama Moving Image Association, a federally recognized 501c3 non-profit organization with a mission to inspire, encourage and support filmgoers, the city of Birmingham and the filmmaking community. In addition to hosting the annual film festival, we host monthly networking and educational events, a monthly documentary series, short film and screenwriting competitions, manage a youth board and a variety of other year-round programs.
Tickets sales to our events cover approximately 1/3 of our annual operating cash budget, so we depend on corporate sponsors, grant-making organizations and individuals like you to survive. if you’d like to know more about supporting Sidewalk, please contact us at sidewalk@sidewalkfest.com.
Deep Web meticulously traces the arrest, prosecution and conviction of former science and engineering grad student, Ross Ulbricht, accused of being the 'Dread Pirate Roberts,' mastermind behind the Internet black market site, the Silk Road. The documentary provides an illuminating examination, not just of Ulbricht, but also of the battle for digital rights and control of the future of technology. The film additionally provides a unique look inside the deep-web and its subset known as the Dark Net. Called “the most unexpected Bill and Ted reunion”, Keanu Reeves narrates Deep Web, Alex Winter’s second directorial feature.
