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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A Second Chance: The Cullman Area Animal Welfare Association
Juli Bussman and Lance Mailloux
Duration: 8:25
Grassroots organizers who rescue animals.
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A Street Divided
Sarah Hereford and Krysta Parsons
Duration: 7:05
The relationship between anti-abortion protesters and escorts at a local women’s clinic.
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Growing Birmingham
Eric Franks and Kelly French
Duration: 7:31
Organic and local farming at Jones Valley Urban Farms.
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La Casita
Fred Mitchell and Spencer Roeder
Duration: 8:23
Hoover’s Multicultural Resource Center addresses the needs of immigrants.
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Mixed Hope
Allen Hyde and Anamaria Santiago
Duration: 9:05
A documentary portrait about a new mixed income housing community designed to replace a crime-ridden mid-century public housing unit though the Hope VI initiative.
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New Horizons
Rachel Gainer and Gregory Young
Duration: 6:28
Students with special needs and their journey toward independence.
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The Least of Those Among Us
Heather Nix and Vlad Sheinfeld
Duration: 10:22
Jefferson County pauper’s cemetery.
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Una Iglesia/One Church
Skye Geerts and Jessica Walston
Duration: 7:27
St. Peter’s Catholic Church encounters a growing Hispanic population.
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A Foot in Two Worlds: The Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama
Sally Smith and Beth Warren
Duration: 6:24
Maintaining Native-American identity
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Hand in Paw: A therapy Tail
Kendall Chew and Emilie Soffe
Duration: 5:57
The benefits of animal therapy.
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The Alpha Male
Jessica Kelley and Wilton Triggs II
Duration: 6:30
Oldest African-American fraternity.
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Ummah: A Portrait of Muslims
Mark Hutson and Jonathan Woolley
Duration: 7:07
Muslim community in Birmingham.
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A Girl's Dilemma
Inas Mahdi and Doctorre McDade
Duration: 7:11
The teachers and students in the Woodlawn Young Mother’s Program explain how the program helps teenage girls as they grapple with being parents while in high school.
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Beneath These Hills
Dustan Creech and Zandy Moyo
Duration: 7:29
Residents of Docena describe life in a coal mining town, including what happens when the company leaves the company town.
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City En Memoriam
Rachel Payne and Matt Posey
Duration: 6:17
Birmingham’s oldest cemetery is a city in itself, providing a final resting place for the dead and a surprising gathering place for the living.
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Let Everything Flow: A Portrait of Studio by the Tracks
Brent Scrivner and Trent Thomas
Duration: 6:12
Portrait of Studio by the Tracks, a non-profit organization that runs an art program for autistic adults.
