Book + Film Club April: Alabama On Film - The Miracle Worker

Schedule

Wed Apr 29 2026 at 07:00 pm to 10:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

1821 2nd Ave. N. , Birmingham, AL, United States, Alabama 35203 | Birmingham, AL

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Sidewalk’s Book + Film Club unites movie and book lovers for a monthly film screening. Each session is $35 and the includes book, film screening, and discussion. Select the $15 option for access to the film screening and post film discussion. Dates, descriptions, and registration deadlines below.
Registration Deadline to have books mailed: Friday, April 3rd. Books will be mailed within 72 hours of this date.
Registration Deadline to have books picked up: Monday, April 20th. Books can be picked up from our Box Office during our regular operating hours Thursday & Friday from 2pm til Close and on Saturday & Sunday from 10:30am until close. You will receive an email when your book is ready to be picked up.

Book: The Miracle Worker: A Play by William Gibson
Young Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute since infancy, is in danger of being sent to an institution because her inability to communicate has left her frustrated and violent. In desperation, her parents seek help from the Perkins Institute, which sends them a "half-blind Yankee schoolgirl" named Annie Sullivan to tutor their daughter. Despite the Kellers' resistance and the belief that Helen "is like a little safe, locked, that no one can open," Annie suspects that within Helen lies the potential for more, if only she can reach her. Through persistence, love, and sheer stubbornness, Annie breaks through Helen's walls of silence and darkness and teaches her to communicate, bringing her into the world at last.

Film: The Miracle Worker (1962) Dir. Arthur Penn
The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind, deaf and mute child Helen Keller how to understand and communicate.
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