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Resilience

Raven Shaw

Duration: 10:00

Two years into the pandemic, Alabama nurses share their stories from the Covid frontlines. Part of a longer project in partnership with the Alabama State Nurses Association. Raven Shaw: I wanted to invest time into a topic that I'm interested or passionate about. The pandemic has changed so much in the past two years and continues to linger over our heads unknown what the future may hold. Working at a drive-thru close to a major hospital I have had the honor to be near many nurses and hospital staff, caffeinating them before their exhaustingly long shifts. It was clear to me that these people had a lot to say. I have learned so much from this experience and wanted to shed some light into some of the bravest and most necessary people on this planet. We would not be where we are today without the courageous souls that continue to fight and persist through even the toughest of times.
[Art]ist Unbound

Palavi Ahuja

Duration: 11:59

What does it take to be an artist? A portrait of the artists through paint and film
BAMAzon [work in progress]

Laura Nell Walker

Duration: 41:34

Workers at an Alabama Amazon Warehouse organize to form a union in 2020-2021. As the vote nears, national and international attention focuses on Bessemer, Alabama. Work-in-progress.
Black Box: Is the Birmingham Jail a Structure of Racism?

Richard Stockham

Duration: 2:15

While the U.S. Department of Justice has filed suit against the state of Alabama for the dangerous and unhealthy conditions of its prison and the nation considers broad criminal justice reforms, the local Birmingham jail remains unchanged and unchallenged.
Brave Space

Lillie Ben Harris

Duration: 15:02

Brave Space explores discrimination faced by LGBTQ+ youth in Birmingham, AL against the backdrop of an LGBTQ+ affirming charter school preparing to open its doors in the city, and an Alabama mother who lost her gay child to suicide.
D-LIFE: Church Without Walls

J Wilks

Duration: 13:41
Firmly Rooted

Caleb Wood

Duration: 12:21

Fountain Heights Farms is an urban community farm in the historic Fountain Heights neighborhood of Birmingham, AL. "We dreamt about a Black centered space where we could grow healthy food, teach and learn with our community, and have a real ownership stake, and benefit from the emotional, mental, and physical labor that we were providing to our then employer. We dreamed of a space that would be for us, by us, to benefit us and then slowly began to manifest it."
Greenspaces

Dominique Foreman

Duration: 8:42

Covid-19 restricted access to most recreational spaces, but not parks. Greenspaces and outdoor recreation saw a surge during the pandemic in the Greater Birmingham area.
Influence

Matthew Lapidus

Duration: 9:23

What is the influence of entertainers and comedians in the ongoing fight for racial justice in Birmingham and specifically in bringing down the Confederate Monument in Linn Park in the wake of the murder of George Floyd?
Lace Em' Up

Brianna Madry

Duration: 13:48

Black Joy and Roller Skates. A short history of roller skating in Huntsville, Alabama.
Land Without Demand

Luke Schlauder

Duration: 10:44

Urban explorers find Birmingham offers many abandoned spaces to investigate, but what can we do to reinvent and revitalize the city's brownfields and grey fields.
No Trespassing

Sabrina Palmer

Duration: 8:50

An exploration of who polices the boundaries of the LGBTQIA+ community and questions who feels like they belong and who does not.
Shelter

Grace Brown

Duration: 7:27

The Covid-19 stay-at-home protocol had a major impact on pets and pet adoption
Smoke

Kevin Dudley

Duration: 13:58

A documentary about marijuana prohibition
The Alabama Atheists

Victoria Moffett

Duration: 8:55

Being an atheist in the Bible Belt in Alabama can carry social costs. A group of atheists find fellowship and common ground in a meet-up group they have formed.
The Birmingham Free Store

Addie Knight

Duration: 9:34

The Birmingham Free Store follows a philosophy of mutual aid, not charity, to meet growing needs for assistance during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Drive Towards Equity: Vaccine Distribution in a Global Pandemic

Jessica Jacob

Duration: 8:44

Health disparities in Alabama existed long before the Covid-19 pandemic and healthcare workers who have tried to narrow those gaps apply all that they have learned through the years to make the Covid-19 vaccine roll out more equitable.
The Fashion City

Joseph Margolies

Duration: 9:30

What does it take to launch a fashion career in Birmingham, Alabama?
The Fogotten Ones

Brianna Mobley

Duration: 7:23

Covid-19 had dire impact on the homeless and homeless shelters in Birmingham
The Iron City

Michael Atiyeh

Duration: 8:05

Red Mountain Park was originally the site of the iron ore mines that made Birmingham the iron and steel production capital of the South