First Church Birmingham is proud to sponsor the Life & Liberty Sidebar at the 20th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival presented by Regions.
Documentary
Director Robert Greene
Run Time 120 Minutes
USA
File this under advanced storytelling. In 1917, copper miners in Bisbee, Arizona staged a strike that was met with extreme resistance. Fearing that the shutdown would hinder the war effort overseas, thousands of deputized men rounded up the 1100 plus workers, put them on a train bound for New Mexico, and left them to die in the desert. 100 years later, filmmakers and the town’s citizens stage a fiercely dramatic reenactment of events in an effort for reconciliation and to shed light on the largely unspoken tragedy.
- Kyle McKinnon
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