A small group from the Leadership Class 30 hopes to make a big impact with a new documentary shedding light on homelessness in Huntsville.

The Leadership Huntsville/Madison County team began a project in December to bring awareness to homelessness in the community. As part of the project, Southern Cord founder Chakri Deverapalli and local Navy SEAL Brett Jones went homeless in Huntsville for four days and three nights.

With help from team member, physicist and film director Isaiah Williams, they recorded the experience in a documentary that will premiere tonight at 6 at the Redstone Federal Credit Union Atrium on Wynn Drive. The event will be free and open to the public.

"Through Isaiah's talent as a storyteller, we hope that people will be able to identify with the struggles of being homeless, and fully appreciate the selflessness of organizations in our community," Deverapalli said.

Deverapalli came up with the concept to understand the struggles of the local homeless population and what organizations and services are available to them.

Jones, an entrepreneur who is also part of the Leadership team, said Deverapalli's original idea is the driving force behind the project.

"The fact that it developed into a documentary just means that we can now share that experience with people outside the group," he said.

The experience was eye opening for Jones, Deverapalli and the rest of the Leadership team, who each contributed different ideas that were implemented in the documentary. Common themes include the distance between organizations, funding, lack of mental healthcare from the state, and how difficult it is to be homeless and not break the law.

Williams said making a documentary on the topic of homelessness "just made sense" as the idea developed.

"Instead of focusing on one organization, we could use that platform to bring attention to an entire community of organizations working tirelessly to help an often overlooked part of our society," he said.

The team, which worked with the Huntsville Police Department while the documentary was filmed, includes 10 members: Deverapalli, Jones, Williams, Mark Spencer, Joe Ross, Mary Stump, Fred Trusty, Marshall Robbins, Suzanne Katschke and Ranny Maurer.

To RSVP to tonight's event, click here. Watch the trailer below: