The lineup for this year’s Sidewalk Film Festival keeps on growing.
Organizers have announced seven more movies for the event, set for Aug. 24-30 The Grand River Drive-In at The Backyard in Leeds. They are:
“Heroes,” 2020, screening Aug. 30 at 8 p.m. The documentary by Manish Pandey focuses on five motorsports drivers: Formula 1 world champion Mika Hakkinen, former Ferrari grand prix ace Felipe Massa, nine-time Le Mans winner Tom Kristensen and World Rally Championship runner-up Michele Mouton. The movie also tells the story of Michael Schumacher, a seven-time Formula 1 Champion who suffered a traumatic brain injury in a skiing accident.
“Transhood,” 2020, screening Aug. 30 at 8 p.m. Sharon Liese’s documentary is described this way on its Facebook page: “Filmed over five years in Kansas City, ‘Transhood’ follows four transgender kids -- beginning at ages 4, 7, 12 and 15 -- as they redefine ‘coming of age.‘”
“Harley,” 2020, screening Aug. 28 at 8 p.m. Here’s how IMDB describes this documentary by Jean-Cosme Delaloye: “Harley, a successful criminal attorney, who represents the most despised people in society in Paterson, NJ, embarks on a quest to win the woman of his dreams and defeat the bully who antagonized him as a child.”
“The Donut King,” 2020, screening Aug. 24 at 8 p.m. Here’s a synopsis for the documentary by Alice Gu, as posted on its website: “Ted’s story is one of fate, love, survival, hard knocks and redemption. It’s the rags to riches story of a refugee escaping Cambodia, arriving in America in 1975 and building an unlikely multi-million dollar empire baking America’s favorite pastry, the doughnut. Ted sponsored hundreds of visas for incoming refugees and helped them get on their feet teaching them the ways of the doughnut business. By 1979 he was living the American Dream. But, in life, great rise can come with great falls.”
“Night of the Comet,” 1984, screening Aug. 27 at 8 p.m. Here’s how Rotten Tomatoes describes the horror/sci-fi comedy by Thom Eberhardt: “In this sharp-witted sci-fi disaster outing, a comet smashes into California leaving a pair of Valley girls and a few others alive. When the ladies finally figure out what happened, the twosome embark upon an unprecedented shopping spree, for while all humans were vaporized, their clothing was left intact.”
“Drive-In Massacre,” 1976, screening Aug. 27 at 10:40 p.m. Here’s how the Sidewalk team describes Stu Segall’s slasher flick: “It’s a hot summer night in Southern California, and the local drive-in is packed with patrons. When a sword-wielding psycho begins carving up customers, it gleefully unspools a grubby cavalcade of creepy carnies, peeping perverts, graphic decapitations, and an ending you have to see/hear to believe.”
Saturday Night Cartoons, screening Aug. 29 at 10:20 p.m. Sidewalk’s programmers offer a selection of 1980s and 90′s cartoons and vintage commercials. Typically, these clips are screened on Saturday mornings at Sidewalk, accompanied by sugary cereals. This year, however, the timeframe has changed and organizers recommend that viewers “limit the cereal bar to your car.”
On July 15, Sidewalk revealed the titles of the first seven movies for the festival: “Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets,” “The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain,” “Ema,” “Jasper Mall,” “Roar,” “Miracle Fishing” and “Suzi Q.”
The Grand River Drive-In, 1453 Grand River Parkway North, is part of The Backyard, an outdoor entertainment area at the Outlet Shops of Grand River. The drive-In has four screens, all of which will be used during the film festival. Gates are set to open each day at 6:30 p.m.; screenings will start at 8 p.m. View the schedule grid for the festival here.
Individual tickets will be sold for each film at Sidewalk, priced at $15-$47. Day passes, weekend passes and VIP passes will not be sold this year, organizers said. Pricing is based on the number of people per vehicle: one person per car, $15; two people per car, $26; three people per car, $35; four people per car, $42; five people or more per car, $47. Tickets are on sale now via the Sidewalk website.
Holding the festival at the drive-in will make it easier for folks who attend to practice social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic, organizers said. Sidewalk experimented with the drive-in concept earlier this year, showing a series of movies at its Sidewalk Starlite Drive-In, outside the REI location of The Summit shopping center in Birmingham.
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