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.
Breaking A Monster tells the much-too-frequent tale of a young, naïve music group who sign to a major record label with dreams of fame and success. Making this band’s story stand out, Unlocking The Truth is made up of three middle school-aged African American boys who play heavy metal music. The band mates are not only misunderstood by their peers in Brooklyn, but also by the managers, record executives, and agents who want to market them as a boy band or novelty act. The boys quickly learn that it is usually about the money and not the art.
