UAB Media Studies students work in partnership with community members in the Greater Birmingham area to share stories about their lives and experiences.
Disclaimer: The films presented here are the work of a student or students enrolled in an ethnographic filmmaking course at UAB. The subject of the film and any views expressed in the film are solely the work of student(s) and are neither endorsed by nor represent the views of UAB.
Also available in the UAB Libraries Digital Collections.
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M.A.D. Skillz: Music and Dance
Caitlin Chandler and Dawn Coleman
Duration: 7:42
A documentary portrait of a hip-hop dance group that leaves it small studio to win national dance competitions.
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Our Daily Bread: Food Insecurity in Birmingham
Colin Albea and Trae Crain
Duration: 7:39
A documentary portrait about hunger in our community and work of Greater Birmingham Ministries to alleviate the problem.
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Secret Life of Beekeepers
Kyle Henderson and Rebecca Marston
Duration: 8:23
A documentary exploration of artisanal beekeeping's role in maintaining a healthy agricultural ecosystem.
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We Wanna Play
Eddie Lewis
Duration: 9:33
A documentary portrait of the first high school African-American lacrosse teams in Birmingham, Alabama.
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A Pound of Debt: Insurance & the Arts
Nadria Tucker and Catherine Wright
Duration: 8:31
Artists grappling with inadequate healthcare coverage.
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One Closed Door After Another: Domestic Partner Benefits at UAB
Jade Delisle
Duration: 9:38
A group of UAB employees pursuing domestic partner benefits
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One of 3,000: The Janet Gillespie Story
Morgan Anders and Thomas Wood
Duration: 9:53
A story of a woman who moved out of homelessness.
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Road To Recovery: Living with Mental Illness
Jeralyn Powell and Autumn Stockwell
Duration: 9:41
Birmingham residents coping with mental illness.
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What You Don't Know Can Hurt You: Sex Education in Alabama
Jennifer Baggett and Ashely Davis
Duration: 8:54
An inquiry into abstinence-only vs. comprehensive sex education
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Birthright
Emily Jackson and Neeta Kirpilani
Duration: 8:41
A look at the practice of midwifery in Alabama.
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Making the Most at Hoover: Female Minority Achievement Council
Jerald Appling and David Bala
Duration: 9:24
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Posi+ive
Joshua Vazquez and Stephen Webb
Duration: 8:31
UAB’s 1917 Clinic that provides treatment for people living with HIV.
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Saved: The Story of the Watercress Darter
Ingrid Pfau and Linh Tran
Duration: 10:05
It is a film about how a community in Powderly that banded together with Scientists to help save an endangered fish: The Watercress Darter.
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The Whole-Way House
Logan Talbot and Nejla Harris
Duration: 7:43
This film documents formerly incarcerated women at a half-way house in Birmingham as they begin to assimilate back into regular society.
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Under One Roof
Tyler Godsy and Chris Lee
Duration: 7:40
Early learning center that serves children with autism.
