July Book + Film Club: Bring It On

Join us for Book + Film Club! Each month, we will read a book related to the craft of filmmaking or a literary work that has been adapted to a film. At the end of the month we will meet to watch a related film and then discuss!

Our July 2023 session is a deep dive into the creation of the classic cheerleading film Bring It On

Book: Bring It On: The Complete Story of the Cheerleading Movie That Changed, Like, Everything (No, Seriously) by Kase Wickman

– “This book is a definitive history of the film’s creation and cultural impact. While readers don’t need to have seen Bring It On to enjoy it, the film’s fans will read the upbeat tale in droves … Like the film that inspired it, this book is a lesson in cultural optimism.” — Booklist

Film: Bring It On (2000, dir. Peyton Reed)

– “”Bring It On,” directed with giddy, sometimes sloppy pep-rally intensity by Peyton Reed from a brisk, slangy script by Jessica Bendinger, is more than a low-minded appeal to male lechery… But in the post-Brandi Chastain era, female athleticism and female sexuality seem closer together than ever, and underneath this movie’s tight acrylic sweater beats an unapologetically feminist heart.” – New York Times

July MAILING Registration Deadline: Friday July 7. Books will be mailed within 72 hours of this date.

July PICK UP Registration Deadline: Monday July 17. Pick up from our box office during our operating hours of 2pm-10pm Thursday – Sunday. (You will receive an email when your book is ready to be picked up.)

Register by the first Friday of the month to have your books mailed to you. If you sign up after the deadline, don’t sweat it! You’ll just have to pick up your book from the cinema box office.

Private screening and discussion will take place at Sidewalk Cinema July 26th at 7 PM.