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The course began in [[2000]] as "Guerilla Filmmaking in Anthropology" taught by Forman and Nick Kouchoukos. The course was initially co-sponsored by the [[McWane Science Center]] which planned to use the films in its exhibit "The Street". Other instructors who have participated in the class include [[Janice Kluge]], [[Loretta Cormier]] and [[Rosie O'Beirne]].
The course began in [[2000]] as "Guerilla Filmmaking in Anthropology" taught by Forman and Nick Kouchoukos. The course was initially co-sponsored by the [[McWane Science Center]] which planned to use the films in its exhibit "The Street". Other instructors who have participated in the class include [[Janice Kluge]], [[Loretta Cormier]] and [[Rosie O'Beirne]].


==2008==
==2010-2011==
* "Birth Right" by Emily Jackson and Neeta Kirpalani (Alabama midwives)
* "M. A. D. Skillz Dance Company" by Dawn Coleman and Caitlin Chandler ([[M. A. D. Skillz]])
* "Food to Fuel" by Rachel Thompson and Jim Warnock (Birmingham and Hoover biodiesel programs)
* "Food Insecurity" by Traw Crain and Colin Albea
* "Hopheads" by Paul Sholly and Jonathan Sutton ([[Free the Hops]])
* "Invisible Goals" by Alex Lanier and Erin Hennessey ([[Lakeshore Foundation]] sports programs)
* "Making the Most at Hoover: Female Minority Achievement Council" by Jerald Appling and David Bala ([[Female Minority Achivement Council]] at [[Hoover High School]])
* "Extraordinary Actors Who Happen to Be..." by Sarah Johnson and Alyssa Mitchell ([[Alys Stephens Center]] theater programs)
* "Positive" by Joshua Vazquez and Stephen Webb ([[1917 Clinic]])
* "Invisible Jobs" by Britney Jones and Mallory Messersmith (office custodians)
* "Saved: The Story of the Watercress Darter" by Linh Tran and Ingrid Pfau ([[Watercress darter]] and
* "Inner City Lacrosse" by Eddie Lewis
* "Under One Roof" by Tyler Godsy and Chris Lee (early learning for autistic children)
* "The Secret Life of Beekeepers" by Rebecca Marston and Kyle Henderson
* "The Whole-Way House" by Nejla Harris and Logan Talbot ([[Lovelady Center]])
* "The West End Community Garden" by Anna McCown and Lindsay Whiteaker ([[WE Community Garden]])


==2007==
==2009-2010==
* "A Street Divided" by Sarah Hereford and Krysta Parsons (protesters and escorts at [[New Woman All Women Clinic]])
* Films documenting the implementation of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 stimulus programs
* "Growing Birmingham" by Eric Franks and Kelly French ([[Jones Valley Urban Farm]])
* "Mixed Hope" by Allen Hyde and Anamaria Santiago (mixed-income living at [[Park Place (Hope VI development)]])
* "A Second Chance: The Cullman Area Animal Welfare Association" by Juli Bussman and Lance Mailloux ([[Cullman Area Animal Welfare Association]]
* "New Horizons" by Rachel Gainer and Gregory Young ([[Horizons School]])
* "Una Iglesia" by Skye Geerts and Jessica Walston (Hispanic parisioners at [[St Peter's Catholic Church]])
* "La Casita" by Fred Mitchell and Spencer Roeder ([[Hoover Multicultural Resource Center]])
* "The Least of Those Among Us" by Heather Nix and Vlad Sheinfeld ([[Jefferson County Cemetery]])


==2006==
==2008-2009==
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2009getrhythm.html Get Rhythm]" by Doug Granks, Anna Lloyd and Patty Wang ([[John Scalici]], [[Get Rhythm]] programs)
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2009apoundofdebt.html A Pound of Debt: Insurance and the Arts]" by [[Nadria Tucker]] and Catherine Wright (health insurance for artists with [[Sharrif Simmons]], [[Jimmy Hrom]] and [[J'Mel Davidson]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2009allforprayer.html All for Prayer]" by [[Brad Daly]] ([[Hindu Temple and Cultural Center]] in [[Pelham]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2009roadtorecovery.html  Road to Recovery: Living With Mental Illness]" by Jeralyn Powell and Autumn Stockwell (Mentall illness)
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2009oneof3000.html One of 3,000: The Janet Gillespie Story]" by Morgan Anders and Thomas Wood (a former homeless woman)
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2009onecloseddoor.html One Closed Door After Another: Domestic Partner Benefits and UAB]" by Jade Delisle ([[UAB]] benefits for domestic partners)
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2009whatyoudontknow.html What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You: Sex Education in Alabama]" by Jennifer Baggett and Ashley Davis ([[SHAPE]] workshops)


==2005==
==2007-2008==
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2008Birthright.html Birth Right]" by Emily Jackson and Neeta Kirpalani (Alabama midwives)
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2008FoodToFuel.html Food to Fuel]" by Rachel Thompson and Jim Warnock (Birmingham and Hoover biodiesel programs)
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2008Hopheads.html Hopheads: A Beer Story]" by Paul Sholly and Jonathan Sutton ([[Free the Hops]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2008MakingTheMost.html Making the Most at Hoover: Female Minority Achievement Council]" by Jerald Appling and David Bala ([[Female Minority Achivement Council]] at [[Hoover High School]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2008Positive.html Posi+ive]" by Joshua Vazquez-Cofresi and Stephen Webb ([[1917 Clinic]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2008Saved.html Saved: The Story of the Watercress Darter]" by Linh Tran and Ingrid Pfau ([[Watercress darter]] and [[Seven Springs Ecoscape]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2008UnderOneRoof.html Under One Roof]" by Tyler Godsy and Chris Lee ([[Mitchell's Place]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2008WholewayHouse.html The Whole-Way House]" by Nejla Harris and Logan Talbot ([[Lovelady Center]])


==2004==
==2006-2007==
* "Benching: The Art of Watching Trains" by Bo Hughins and Neil Kirkpatrick ([[Railroad Reservation]], train graffiti)
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2007AStreetDivided.html A Street Divided]" by Sarah Hereford and Krysta Parsons (protesters and escorts at [[New Woman All Women Clinic]])
* "The Magic City's Clowns" by Lindsay Mouyal and Jen Pouyadou ([[Magic City Clown School]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2007GrowingBirmingham.html Growing Birmingham]" by Eric Franks and Kelly French ([[Jones Valley Urban Farm]])
* "Growing Up at Home" by Jacqueline Homm and Leslie Lambert ([[Hoover Little League Baseball]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2007MixedHope.html Mixed Hope]" by Allen Hyde and Anamaria Santiago (mixed-income living at [[Park Place (Hope VI development)]])
* "A Separate Place" by Alan Barton and Christina Cooley (home schooling)
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2007SecondChance.html A Second Chance: The Cullman Area Animal Welfare Association]" by Juli Bussman and Lance Mailloux ([[Cullman Area Animal Welfare Association]])
* "Meet Me at the Alabama" by Alan Franks and Ginny Humber ([[Alabama Theatre]] volunteers)
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2007NewHorizons.html New Horizons]" by Rachel Gainer and Gregory Young ([[Horizons School]])
* "A Tribal Fusion" by Stephanie Kahalley and Lesley Wheatley ([[Devyani Dance Company]], et al)'
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2007UnaEglesia.html Una Iglesia/One Church]" by Skye Geerts and Jessica Walston (Hispanic parisioners at [[St Peter the Apostle Catholic Church]])
* "Abraham's Bosom" by Marcia DeFiore and Charles Kelley (faith-based ghost hunters)
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2007LaCasita.html La Casita]" by Fred Mitchell and Spencer Roeder ([[Hoover Multicultural Resource Center]])
* "The Big Six" by Rachel Corona and Miles Keith ([[Big Six]] hip-hop group)
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2007LeastOfThoseAmongUs.html The Least of Those Among Us]" by Heather Nix and Vlad Sheinfeld ([[Jefferson County Cemetery]])


==2003==
==2005-2006==
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2006Wishmakers.html The Wishmakers]" by Lauren Leach and Kristen Williams ([[Magic Moments]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2006AFootInTwoWorlds.html A Foot in Two Worlds]" by Beth Warren and Sally Patricia Smith ([[Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2006Buenos43.html Buenos Aires in Birmingham]" by Matt and Mike (Argentinian immigrants)
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2006TheAlphaMale.html The Alpha Male]" (Iota Nu chapter, [[Alpha Phi Alpha]] fraternity at [[UAB]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2006MossPoint.html Moss Point]" ([[Birmingham-Southern College]] mission trip to post-[[Hurricane Katrina]] Moss Point, Mississippi)
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2006RefugeTheAlabamaWildlifeCenter.html Refuge: The Alabama Wildlife Center]" by Dylan Angeline, Maria Bogomaz and Jeremy Felix ([[Alabama Wildlife Center]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2006HandinPawTherapyTail.html Hand in Paw: A Therapy Tail]" by Kendall Chew and Emilie Soffe
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2006UmmahPortraitOfMuslims.html Ummah: A Portrait of Muslims in Birmingham]" ([[Birmingham Islamic Center]])


==2002==
==2004-2005==
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2005LetEverythingFlow.html Let Everything Flow: A Portrait of Studio by the Tracks]" by Brent Scrivner and Trent Thomas ([[Studio by the Tracks]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2005TheCongregation.html Congregation]" by Clay Daniels ([[Covenant Community Church]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2005Natyananda.html Natyananda: The Joy of Dance in the Magic City]" by Pat King and Melissa Roberts ([[Natyananda]] dance company)
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2005SeasonedPerformers.html The Seasoned Performers: A New Stage in Life]" by Evan Haarbauer ([[The Seasoned Performers]] theater company)
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2005CityEnMemoriam.html City En Memoriam]" by Rachel Payne and Matt Posey ([[Oak Hill Cemetery]] and [[Oak Hill Memorial Association]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2005AGirlsDilemma.html A Girl's Dilemma]" by Inas Mahdi and Doc McCade ([[Birmingham City Schools]] [[Young Mother's Program]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2005TransitDependent.html Transit Dependent]" by Richard Bennett and Zachary Huelsing ([[Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority]] riders)
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2005RevivingRosedale.html Reviving Rosedale]" by Liz Reed and Dominic Johnson ([[Rosedale Community Development Corporation]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2005BeneathTheseHills.html Beneath These Hills]" by Dustan Creech and Moyo Zandile ([[Docena]] mining community)


==2001==
==2003-2004==
* "In Search of the Dude" by Mason Isbell and Wayne Skipper
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2004BenchingTheArtOfWatchingTrains.html Benching: The Art of Watching Trains]" by Bo Hughins and Neil Kirkpatrick ([[Railroad Reservation]], train graffiti)
* "Brown Paper Bag" by Tom Dalby and Janice Weeks
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2004TheMagicCitysClowns.html The Magic City's Clowns]" by Lindsay Mouyal and Jen Pouyadou ([[Magic City Clown School]])
* "This is Just a Game" by Brock Owen and John Fields
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2004GrowingUpAtHome.html Growing Up at Home]" by Jacqueline Homm and Leslie Lambert ([[Hoover Little League Baseball]])
* "Wounded" by Brittney Pietrzak and Val Bowden (body piercing)
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2004ASeparatePlace.html A Separate Place]" by Alan Barton and Christina Cooley (home schooling)
* "House of Prayer" by David Gathings, Corine Sinnette and Emily Simon ([[Southside Baptist Church]] and [[Temple Emanu-El]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2004MeetMeAtTheAlabama.html Meet Me at the Alabama]" by Alan Franks and Ginny Humber ([[Alabama Theatre]] volunteers)
* "Shoot" by Ingrid Atkinson and Melanie Norris
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2004ATribalFusion.html A Tribal Fusion]" by Stephanie Kahalley and Lesley Wheatley ([[Devyani Dance Company]], et al)
* "African/American" by Glenny Brock and Scott Silver
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2004AbrahamsBosom.html Abraham's Bosom]" by Marcia DeFiore and Charles Kelley (faith-based ghost hunters)
* "Hope Lodge" by Lindsey Elmore and Theresa Bodon
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2004TheBigSix.html The Big Six]" by Rachel Corona and Miles Keith ([[Breakin Bread Records]] and [[Big Six]] hip-hop group)


==2000==
==2002-2003==
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2003AllGodsChildrenSay.html All God's Children Say]" by Reed Barrow and Maile Kruse ([[Hunter Street Baptist Church]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2003CareInCrisis.html Care in Crisis]" by Robert Head and Beth Koh ([[Cooper Green Mercy Hospital|Cooper Green Hospital]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2003CelticLoveAndLoyalty.html Celtic Love and Loyalty]" by Robbie Keen and Anna Stansell (Celtic heritage groups)
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2003LoveThyNeighbor.html Love Thy Neighbor]" by Lorraine Singh and Kristin Smith (Sikh religion)
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2003PeaceOfChristPaxChristi.html Peace of Christ/Pax Christi]" ([[Pax Christi Birmingham]] and [[Mary's House]])
 
==2001-2002==
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2002InSearchOfTheDude.html In Search of 'The Dude']" by Mason Isbell and Wayne Skipper (competitive bowling)
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2002BrownPaperBag.html Brown Paper Bag]" by Tom Dalby and Janice Weeks (homeless people in [[Five Points South]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2002ThisIsJustAGame.html This is Just a Game]" by Brock Owen and John Fields (role-playing games)
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2002Wounded.html Wounded]" by Brittney Pietrzak and Val Bowden (body piercing)
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2002HouseOfPrayer.html House of Prayer]" by David Gathings, Corine Sinnette and Emily Simon ([[Southside Baptist Church]] and [[Temple Emanu-El]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2002Shoot.html Shoot]" by Ingrid Atkinson and Melanie Norris ([[Global Championship Wrestling]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2002AfricanAmerican.html African/American]" by [[Glenny Brock]] and Scott Silver (African immigrant community)
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2002HopeLodge.html Hope Lodge]" by Lindsey Elmore and Theresa Bodon ([[Joe Lee Griffin Hope Lodge]])
 
==2000-2001==
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2001DestinoBirmingham.html Destino Birmingham]" by Helga Mendoza (Hispanic community)
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2001Sayre.html Sayre]" by Miranda Gillespie and Sean Corley ([[Sayre]] mining community)
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2001BhamRugbyClub.html Birmingham Women's Rugby Club]" by Haley Polhill and Meghan Ois ([[Birmingham Women's Rugby Club]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2001ChateauVestavia.html Chateau Vestavia]" by Jon Prevatt and Jared Newcomb ([[Chateau Vestavia]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2001MagickCity.html The Magick City]" by Melinda Mock and Catherine Stevens ([[Eclectic Coven of Red Mountain]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2001ColemansCahaba.html Coleman's Cahaba]" by Regina Windsor and Russ Praytor ([[Camp Coleman]], [[Cahaba Girl Scout Council]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2001BessemerFleaMarket.html Bessemer Flea Market]" by Chris Dacre and Akbay Cigden ([[Bessemer Flea Market]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2001BMX.html BMX: Riders in Birmingham]" by Thomas Daley and Brian Lee (bicycle motocross in downtown Birmingham)
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2001FDSK.html Die Heimat In Der Fremde / A Home Away From Home]" by Jody White III ([[Freunde Deutscher Sprache und Kultur]])
* "[http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/videos/2001GoldenVillage.html Golden Village]" by Beth West and Joel Seah ([[Golden Village]] restaurant)
 
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==References==
==References==
* "[http://main.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=94833 Street Scenes: UAB and the Sidewalk Film Festival]" (Spring/Summer 2006) ''UAB Magazine''
* Hickerson, Patrick (May 6, 2008) "UAB students' Digital City Films project focuses on endangered watercress darter." ''Birmingham News''
* Hickerson, Patrick (May 6, 2008) "UAB students' Digital City Films project focuses on endangered watercress darter." ''Birmingham News''
* "[http://main.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=94833 Street Scenes: UAB and the Sidewalk Film Festival]" (Spring/Summer 2006) ''UAB Magazine''
* Ratliff, Phillip (February 25, 2010) "Your tax dollars at work: Documenting federal programs in the Magic City." ''Birmingham Weekly''
 
==External links==
* [http://contentdm.mhsl.uab.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=%2FFILM Ethnographic Films] at UAB Archives


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Revision as of 11:06, 8 March 2023

Digital City Films is a film series which is an annual project for an honors course on ethnographic filmmaking offered through the UAB Center for Urban Affairs. The project instructor is Michele Forman. Teams of students plan, research, write, film, and edit short documentary films about specific ethnographic subjects in area communities.

The course began in 2000 as "Guerilla Filmmaking in Anthropology" taught by Forman and Nick Kouchoukos. The course was initially co-sponsored by the McWane Science Center which planned to use the films in its exhibit "The Street". Other instructors who have participated in the class include Janice Kluge, Loretta Cormier and Rosie O'Beirne.

2010-2011

  • "M. A. D. Skillz Dance Company" by Dawn Coleman and Caitlin Chandler (M. A. D. Skillz)
  • "Food Insecurity" by Traw Crain and Colin Albea
  • "Invisible Goals" by Alex Lanier and Erin Hennessey (Lakeshore Foundation sports programs)
  • "Extraordinary Actors Who Happen to Be..." by Sarah Johnson and Alyssa Mitchell (Alys Stephens Center theater programs)
  • "Invisible Jobs" by Britney Jones and Mallory Messersmith (office custodians)
  • "Inner City Lacrosse" by Eddie Lewis
  • "The Secret Life of Beekeepers" by Rebecca Marston and Kyle Henderson
  • "The West End Community Garden" by Anna McCown and Lindsay Whiteaker (WE Community Garden)

2009-2010

  • Films documenting the implementation of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 stimulus programs

2008-2009

2007-2008

2006-2007

2005-2006

2004-2005

2003-2004

2002-2003

2001-2002

2000-2001

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References

  • "Street Scenes: UAB and the Sidewalk Film Festival" (Spring/Summer 2006) UAB Magazine
  • Hickerson, Patrick (May 6, 2008) "UAB students' Digital City Films project focuses on endangered watercress darter." Birmingham News
  • Ratliff, Phillip (February 25, 2010) "Your tax dollars at work: Documenting federal programs in the Magic City." Birmingham Weekly

External links

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