As part of the national Scalarama alternative film festival, rediscovered 80s black-and-white classic Sidewalk Stories was screened at Open Cinemas in Dublin, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Sheffield. At the latter two cinemas, director and star of the film Charles Lane appeared via video link from New York for a Q&Afollowing the screenings, and enthralled members with stories of the challenges and joys of making the film by hand on the streets of a fast-changing decade.