Digital City Films

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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.

2009-2010

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

2008-2009

  • "Get Rhythm" by Doug Granks, Anna Lloyd and Patty Wang (music education)
  • "A Pound of Debt: Insurance and the Arts" by Nadria Tucker and Catherine Wright (health insurance for artists)
  • "All for Prayer" by Brad Daly (Hindu Temple and Cultural Center in Pelham)
  • "Road to Recovery: Living With Mental Illness" by Jeralyn Powell and Autumn Stockwell
  • "One of 3,000: The Janet Gillespie Story" by Morgan Anders and Thomas Wood (a former homeless woman)
  • "One Closed Door After Another: Domestic Partner Benefits and UAB" by Jade Delisle
  • "What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You: Sex Education in Alabama" by Jennifer Baggett and Ashley Davis

2007-2008

2006-2007

2005-2006

  • "The Wishmakers" by Lauren Leach and Kristen Williams
  • "A Foot in Two Worlds" by Beth Warren and Sally Patricia Smith
  • "Buenos Aires in Birmingham" by Matt and Mike
  • "The Alpha Male"
  • "Moss Point"
  • "Refuge: The Alabama Wildlife Center" by Dylan Angeline, Maria Bogomaz and Jeremy Felix
  • "Hand in Paw: A Therapy Tail" by Kendall Chew and Emilie Soffe
  • "Ummah: A Portrait of Muslims in Birmingham"

2004-2005

  • "Let Everything Flow: A Portrait of Studio by the Tracks" by Brent Scrivner and Trent Thomas
  • "Congregation" by Clay Daniels
  • "Natyananda: The Joy of Dance in the Magic City" by Pat King and Melissa Roberts
  • "The Seasoned Performers: A New Stage in Life" by Evan Haarbauer
  • "City En Memoriam" by Rachel Payne and Matt Posey
  • "A Girl's Dilemma" by Inas Mahdi and Doc McCade
  • "Transit Dependent" by Richard Bennett and Zachary Huelsing
  • "Reviving Rosedale" by Liz Reed and Dominic Johnson
  • "Beneath These Hills" by Dustan Creech and Moyo Zandile

2003-2004

  • "Benching: The Art of Watching Trains" by Bo Hughins and Neil Kirkpatrick (Railroad Reservation, train graffiti)
  • "The Magic City's Clowns" by Lindsay Mouyal and Jen Pouyadou (Magic City Clown School)
  • "Growing Up at Home" by Jacqueline Homm and Leslie Lambert (Hoover Little League Baseball)
  • "A Separate Place" by Alan Barton and Christina Cooley (home schooling)
  • "Meet Me at the Alabama" by Alan Franks and Ginny Humber (Alabama Theatre volunteers)
  • "A Tribal Fusion" by Stephanie Kahalley and Lesley Wheatley (Devyani Dance Company, et al)
  • "Abraham's Bosom" by Marcia DeFiore and Charles Kelley (faith-based ghost hunters)
  • "The Big Six" by Rachel Corona and Miles Keith (Big Six hip-hop group)

2002-2003

  • "All God's Children Say" by Reed Barrow and Maile Kruse
  • "Care in Crisis" by Robert Head and Beth Koh
  • "Celtic Love and Loyalty" by Robbie Keen and Anna Stansell
  • "Love Thy Neighbor" by Lorraine Singh and Kristin Smith
  • "Peace of Christ"


2001-2002

  • "In Search of T'he Dude'" by Mason Isbell and Wayne Skipper
  • "Brown Paper Bag" by Tom Dalby and Janice Weeks
  • "This is Just a Game" by Brock Owen and John Fields
  • "Wounded" by Brittney Pietrzak and Val Bowden (body piercing)
  • "House of Prayer" by David Gathings, Corine Sinnette and Emily Simon (Southside Baptist Church and Temple Emanu-El)
  • "Shoot" by Ingrid Atkinson and Melanie Norris
  • "African/American" by Glenny Brock and Scott Silver
  • "Hope Lodge" by Lindsey Elmore and Theresa Bodon

2000-2001

  • "Destino Birmingham" by Helga Mendoza
  • "Sayre" by Miranda Gillespie and Sean Corley
  • "Birmingham Women's Rugby Club" by Haley Polhill and Meghan Ois
  • "Chateau Vestavia" by Jon Prevatt and Jared Newcomb
  • "The Magick City" by Melinda Mock and Catherine Stevens
  • "Coleman's Cahaba" by Regina Windsor and Russ Praytor
  • "Bessemer Flea Market" by Chris Dacre and Akbay Cigden
  • "BMX: Riders in Birmingham" by Thomas Daley and Brian Lee
  • "Die Heimat In Der Fremde / A Home Away From Home" by Jody White III
  • "Golden Village" by Beth West and Joel Seah

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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