Cinema

Location

The Sidewalk Film Center is located in the heart of downtown Birmingham’s historic theatre district in the newly restored Pizitz Building, located at 1821 2nd Ave. N. Birmingham, AL 35203. We are easily accessible from I-65, I-20/59, Hwy 31 and Hwy 280. The Pizitz Building has a parking garage with entrance and exit on 18th St N.

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Accessibility

The Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema is a KultureCity certified venue. Check-in with our box office staff for a KultureCity bag, headphones, lap pad or other accommodations.

The Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema meets or exceeds all ADA standards.

  • We offer 4 handicap accessible seats with companion seating in each of our two theaters.
  • Both of our restrooms provide wheelchair accessible restroom stalls.
  • Our Bar, Concessions and Box Office Counters are all wheelchair accessible.
  • We have captioning and assistive listening devices available for check out from our main box office.
  • We offer open caption film screenings on a regular basis.

BAR + CONCESSIONS

The Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema offers a full bar and carefully curated concession stand with all your favorite movie theater treats plus a few fun surprises.

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RENTALS + PARTNERSHIPS

Sidewalk is now offering rentals of our space for various events such as parties, meetings, private film screenings… and whatever else you can think of!

The Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema is a beautiful, 11,400 square foot facility conveniently located in The Pizitz Building, in the heart of downtown Birmingham’s historic theatre district. The venue offers two state-of-the-art theaters (one is fully equipped to host hybrid meetings and live stream events), one multi-function room, two attractive lounges, and a large bar area.

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Monthly Movie Trivia (FREE!)
120 min
Join us at the Sidewalk Cinema for Monthly Movie Trivia from 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm, immediately following Networking Nights. Hosted by Owen Roberts. Invite your friends and school your contemporaries over some movie trivia. We'll see you there! *This is a FREE event and SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.*
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Sidewalk Cinema Lobby

Jun 18

7:30 PM

Jul 16

7:30 PM
Filmmaker Networking Nights (Free)
120 min
Join us for our free Monthly Filmmaker Networking night sponsored by Film Birmingham. Network, pitch ideas, and enjoy some special happy hour drinks. We'll see you there!
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Sidewalk Cinema Lobby

Jun 18

5:00 PM

Jul 16

5:00 PM
Sidewalk Film 101: The Watermelon Woman (1996)
85 min
1997
United States of America
Cheryl Dunye
The wry, incisive debut feature by Cheryl Dunye gave cinema something bracingly new and groundbreaking: a vibrant representation of Black lesbian identity by a Black lesbian filmmaker. Dunye stars as Cheryl, a video-store clerk and aspiring director whose interest in forgotten Black actresses leads her to investigate an obscure 1930s performer known as the Watermelon Woman, whose story proves to have surprising resonances with Cheryl’s own life as she navigates a new relationship.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Jun 18

7:00 PM

Jun 21

1:00 PM
Backrooms
105 min
2026
Canada, United States of America
Kane Parsons
A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Jun 18

2:00 PM 9:15 PM
Disclosure Day
145 min
2026
United States of America
Steven Spielberg
If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Jun 18

2:15 PM 5:15 PM 8:15 PM

Jun 19

2:15 PM 5:15 PM 8:15 PM

Jun 20

10:45 AM 1:45 PM 4:45 PM 7:45 PM

Jun 21

10:45 AM 1:45 PM 4:45 PM 7:45 PM

Jun 24

2:00 PM 5:00 PM 8:00 PM

Jun 25

8:00 PM

Jun 26

4:15 PM 7:10 PM 10:15 PM

Jun 27

10:45 AM 1:45 PM 4:45 PM 7:45 PM

Jun 28

10:45 AM 1:45 PM 4:45 PM 8:00 PM

Jul 1

2:00 PM 5:00 PM 8:00 PM

Jul 2

2:00 PM 5:15 PM 8:15 PM
Our Land (Nuestra Tierra)
119 min
2026
Argentina, Denmark, France, Mexico, Netherlands, United States of America
Lucrecia Martel
In 2009, a man and two accomplices try to evict members of the Indigenous community of Chuschagasta in northern Argentina. Claiming ownership of the land and armed with guns, they kill the community’s leader, Javier Chocobar. The murder is caught on video. It takes nine years of protests before court proceedings are finally opened in 2018. During all this time, the killers remain free. The film combines the voices and photographs of the community with courtroom footage to explore the long history of colonialism and land dispossession that led to this crime.
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Jun 18

4:30 PM
John Lewis: Good Trouble (Free!)
98 min
2020
United States of America
Dawn Porter
Celebrate Juneteenth at Sidewalk with this free screening! Using interviews and rare archival footage, John Lewis: Good Trouble chronicles Lewis’ 60-plus years of social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health-care reform and immigration. Using present-day interviews with Lewis, now 80 years old, Porter explores his childhood experiences, his inspiring family and his fateful meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957. In addition to her interviews with Lewis and his family, Porter’s primarily cinéma verité film also includes interviews with political leaders, Congressional colleagues, and other people who figure prominently in his life. *This is a free event. Tickets are strongly recommended but not required. SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.*
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Jun 19

4:45 PM 9:45 PM
Selma (2014) (Free!)
128 min
2014
United Kingdom, United States of America
Ava DuVernay
Celebrate Juneteenth at Sidewalk with this free screening! Although the Civil Rights Act of 1964 legally desegregated the South, discrimination was still rampant in certain areas, making it very difficult for Blacks to register to vote. In 1965, an Alabama city became the battleground in the fight for suffrage. Despite violent opposition, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo) and his followers pressed forward on an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, and their efforts culminated with President Lyndon Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965.*This is a free event. Tickets are strongly recommended but not required. SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.*
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Sidewalk Film Center + Cinema

Jun 19

2:00 PM 7:00 PM
Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World) Watch Party (FREE!)
119 min
2026
United States of America
Questlove
Do you remember? Legendary nine-time Grammy Award-winning band Earth, Wind & Fire is getting a two-hour documentary produced and directed by 'Summer of Soul' director Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson...and we're hosting an encore watch party in the lobby + bar area during Juneteenth Weekend at Sidewalk Cinema. Specialty cocktails will be available at the bar. *This is a free event. Tickets are strongly recommended but not required. SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.*
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Sidewalk Cinema Lobby

Jun 19

8:00 PM