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Adventures of Power

Sidewalk 2008 opens with the rock comedy, ‘Adventures of Power.’

The 10th annual Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival takes place Sept. 26-28 in downtown Birmingham.

Check out Wade on Birmingham for full indie coverage of the film festival.

Features

  • Sept. 9 | ‘Adventures of Power’ to open Sidewalk 2008
    Exclusive: Film fest kickoff stars Adrian Grenier, Michael McKean

Reviews

  • Sept. 18 | “Goliath”
    An unnamed man deals with personal setbacks and a missing cat.
  • Sept. 22 | “‘Bama Girl”
    A documentary on a black finalist for Homecoming Queen at the University of Alabama.
  • Sept. 24 | “Crawford”
    A documentary on President Bush’s adopted hometown in Texas.
  • Sept. 25 | “The Dhamma Brothers”
    A documentary on a west Jefferson County prison taking on Buddhist meditation.
  • Sept. 26 | “Adventures of Power”
    Mine worker, air drummer, dreamer. Can Power fulfill his musical destiny and save his town?

2007 Coverage

Reviews

  • Sept. 20 | “The Ten”
    The Commandments get a comedic take from The State; holy hilarity ensues.
  • Sept. 24 | Alabama Shorts Block No. 4
    Homegrown short films with a darker side.
  • Sept. 25 | “Overflow”
    Birmingham filmmaker focuses on teenage misfits in detention.
  • Sept. 27 | “Row Hard No Excuses”
    A look at rowers who race across the ocean in this gripping doc.

Extras

  • Sept. 10 | Look ahead
    A sneak peek at this year’s lineup
  • Sept. 28 | The last roundup
    Prizes! “Lunch” first look! Bitter media rivalries! And more!
  • Oct. 1 | End scene
    Recaps of hits and misses from the weekend

2006 Coverage

Reviews

  • Sept. 17 | “Puzzlehead”
    Love triangle with scientist, robot and (gasp!) woman lacks humanity
  • Sept. 18 | Shorts Block No. 3
    Quirky appealing block features international flavor around a theme of responsibility
  • Sept. 19 | “Darkon”
    Documentary takes all-too-serious look at role-playing knights
  • Sept. 21 | “LOL”
    Lackluster comedy follows wired slackers nowhere

Extras

  • Sept. 19 | “Muckfuppet”
    A Birmingham filmmaker’s script comes full circle
  • Sept. 22 | Off and running
    10 reasons to hit this year’s festival
  • Sept. 27 | fin
    A recap of more films at the festival

Aftermath

  • Nov. 30 | Sidewalk shuffle
    Festival director Erik Jambor resigns
  • Dec. 5 | Sidewalk shuffle 2
    Board president Alan Hunter discusses changes behind the scenes
  • Feb. 9, 2007 | Sidewalk shuffle 3
    Staff changes at Sidewalk; Jambor heads to Oregon

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