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18 movies you can see at Sidewalk during Sundance Film Festival Updated Jan 13, 2021; Posted Jan 11, 2021 "Philly D.A.," a documentary about Larry Krasner, Philadelphia’s district attorney, will be screened in Birmingham on Feb. 2, 2021, at the Sidewalk Cinema and Sidewalk Starlite Pop-Up Drive-In. The screenings are part of the Sidewalk lineup as a satellite venue for the Sundance Film Festival.(PBS) Facebook Share The Sidewalk Film Festival has announced the lineup of movies that will screen in Birmingham as part of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Fifteen films will be presented, Jan. ...

By Jeff Turner Jan 7, 2021 A free online film screening and live discussion of “9to5: The Story of a Movement,” at 7 p.m. CT, Thursday, Jan. 21, will explore the previously untold story of the campaign against the mistreatment of women in the American workplace.  The virtual event is part of the Indie Lens Pop-Up series presented by ITVS, “Independent Lens” and NET, Nebraska’s PBS & NPR Stations.  Register for the free online event here. The working women’s movement that inspired the lyrics of Dolly Parton's historic song “9 to 5” started with a group of Boston secretaries ...

"Summer of Soul" is a musical documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, an event sometimes referred to as "Black Woodstock" as it took place during the same "Summer of Love" as the more well-known three-day event in Upstate New York. The film features footage that hasn't been seen for more than 50 years. The Harlem Cultural Festival was graced by performances from music legends like Stevie Wonder, Nina Simone, Sly and the Family Stone, and many more. The film will premiere Jan 28. at 7 p.m., the first day of the festival. It will have a second screening Jan. 30 at 7 a.m.

'Passing' The indie film showcase's pandemic-era program also has directorial debuts by Jerrod Carmichael, Pascual Sisto and Questlove with his Black Woodstock documentary. As Sundance director Tabitha Jackson's reign at the indie film festival gets well underway, the marquee indie U.S. film showcase has gone mostly online with a pandemic-era discovery lineup filled with work by women and BIPOC directors and more than half the 2021 program shot by first-time helmers. For Jackson, the focus on debut feature directors underlines how, despite the COVID-19 crisis pausing film production in Hollyw...

Together Together starring Ed Helms are among 72 features selected for 2021 Sundance Film Festival, which runs online and in select US arthouse venues from January 28-February 3. The line-up, announced on Tuesday (December 15), includes One For The Road, Thai filmmaker Baz Poonpiriya’s follow-up to Bad Genius; Edgar Wright’s music documentary The Sparks Brothers Land; Ben Wheatley’s virus horror In The Earth; The Roots drummer Questlove’s documentary Summer Of Soul; and Kevin Macdonald’s Special Screenings selection Life In A Day 2020. A features roster representing 29 countr...