Michigan-made Machine Gun Preacher to headline Birmingham's Uptown Film Festival

It was announced today that the feature film Machine Gun Preacher, originally released in late 2011, will be headlining the Uptown Film Festival, taking place March 8-10. Gerard Butler stars in the film, and it tells the true-life tale of Sam Childers, a former criminal who did a complete 180 and helped orphaned and kidnapped children in Sudan. You can buy tickets to the film at uptownpalladium.com starting February 20th, and a portion of the ticket profits will be donated to Gleaners and Defeat the Label, a nonprofit.

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