Land of opportunity [videorecording] / Chicken & Egg Pictures presents ; in association with Arte (France) ; a JoLu Productions film ; producer, director, editor, Luisa Dantas.
Extras include: Back on the block (3 min.): in the summer of 2010, Tr'Vel Lyons returns to New Orleans and reflects on how it has changed, and St. Joe (9 min.): commissioned by artist Bob Tannen, this video is a visual dirge to the bricks that built public housing in New Orleans. Alfred and Patricia Aubry, Andrews Duany, Elza F. ; With Tr'Vel Lyons.
Contents:
1. Prologue -- 2. First lights in the lower nine -- 3. Unified New Orleans plan -- 4. From New Orleans to Los Angeles -- 5. The St. Bernard development -- 6. Immigrant workes -- 7. Remembering and moving on -- 8. Demolition plans revealed -- 9. Seeds of hope -- 10. Christmas in a foreign land -- 11. Protest at the St. Bernard -- 12. Promises unfulfilled -- 13. Battle over public housing -- 14 Turning the page -- 15. Hurricane Gustav -- 16. Uncertain Future -- 17. Epilogue/credits.
Summary:
This documentary, filmed over a period of five years, interweaves the stories of people, including Tr'Vel Lyons a teenager helping with the rebuilding effort, struggling to rebuild post-Katrina New Orleans.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)757544456
Locations:
UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.