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Films by two instructors and 16 students can be seen during the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival Sept 28-30.

UAB instructor Michele Forman, who teaches the ethnographic filmmaking class, will debut her own documentary, Climb for the Cause: A Breast Cancer Story. The film tells the story of five Alabama women with breast cancer who decide to transform their grueling experience with the disease into something positive for other women. They raise money and awareness about breast cancer by climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa, one of the world’s tallest peaks. Climbing for the Cause will debut in the Alabama Documentary, Block No. 1 at 1:45 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29 at the Alabama Power venue.

Also, UAB English instructor Eugene Cuevas will debut a film he co-wrote and co-directed, Lunch with Lincoln. The film will debut in the Alabama Shorts Block No. 4 of the festival at 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 30 in the Alabama Power venue. The film stars UAB alumnus David Grubbs and was produced by Roaring Creek Productions.

A short film produced by two students in a UAB ethnographic filmmaking class has been selected for competition in the festival. The short film, A Street Divided, was produced and directed by UAB students Sarah Hereford and Krysta Parsons. The film examines the relationship between anti-abortion protestors and escorts at a local women’s clinic.

Students taking the ethnographic filmmaking course through the UAB Center for Urban Affairs produce short documentary films about life in various communities in Birmingham. Seven other student films produced through the course will be screened at the Digital City block of films at the festival:

• Mixed Hope by Allen Hyde and Anamaria Santiago; the film features residents living in a mixed-income community in downtown Birmingham.
• Growing Birmingham by Eric Franks and Kelly French; the film examines the organic and local farming at Jones Valley Urban Farms.
• A Second Chance: The Cullman Area Animal Welfare Association by Juli Bussman and Lance Mailloux; this film tells the story about the grassroots organizers who rescue animals.
• New Horizons by Rachel Gainer and Gregory Young; the film looks at the lives of students with special needs and their journey toward independence.
• Una Iglesia by Skye Geerts and Jessica Walston; in “Una Iglesia,” St. Peter’s Catholic Church encounters a growing Hispanic population.
• La Casita by Fred Mitchell and Spencer Roeder; Hoover’s Multicultural Resource Center addresses the needs of immigrants.
• The Least of Those Among Us by Heather Nix and Vlad Sheinfeld; This film looks at Jefferson County’s pauper cemetery.