Keep On Keepin' On Sunday, April 13, 2008, 7pm a program for the |
Diverse local (and used-to-be local) artists, activists, youth and other media makers present their response to New Orleans area recovery efforts. |
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| Truth, or This is What you Paid to See 3min 2-cent media collective Local youth media collective 2-cent has a vision for a new New Orleans and a new kind of young New Orleanian, one who knows their history, knows their Michael Eric Dyson, takes a critical eye to the rebuilding and a more critical eye to the media, and produces their own media response to it all. They know where they’ve been and they certainly know where they want to go. Help them get there - visit the website at http://www.2-cent.com. |
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| excerpt from Mama Sue’s Garden 10 min Susan Hamovitch Sue Boutwell LaGrange sat on the roof of her small house in 'Da Parish' for two nights and three days while the waters of Katrina rose around her. By the time the storm was over, Mama Sue had lost three teeth, four dogs, her job and her husband's business. Hamovitch bears witness to the difficulty of not only re-building a house, but re-making one's life and meditates on her role as filmmaker in a disaster zone. |
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| New Orleans After 5 min Ivor Shearer These five vignettes address the ramifications of hurricane Katrina through video art. Scattered throughout the program, they provide a meditative interval between more traditional media forms. |
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Christmas 2007 N. O. aka Can you Feel the Jingle Bells Can You Feel The Jingle Bells is a clear cut
explanation of the violence today and the violence
that has always been in the City of New Orleans. We
are not animals! We run around daily as if we are
dogs dodging the dog catchers (cops). Hoping to keep the meals coming on a consistent basis for ALL loved ones. If we (New Orleans) kill, rob, mug or steal it is for fear of becoming like these individuals under the Claiborne bridge. A Hungry Man is a Crazy Man! We're tired of hearing the B.S. about us not wanting to work! Its a Lie! They want to give us the jobs that nobody else wants to work. EQUALITY!!! They are doing the same thing on national television to OBAMA. Its quite obvious that he is the most qualified for the position but you sniff and you snoop hoping to find reasons to give the position to the lesser quaified individual. Hilliary said it with her own two lips, that OBAMA would make a great Vice-President. Generations before have been taught to ignore this type of behavior but not this time around. Are we suppose to ignore them as they ignore our most talented, genius, brilliant, gifted
individuals. Its a very bad feeling to be ignored and
treated badly, treated different for no reason at
all!!! You See It but its not affecting you directly
but if we continue to ignore it! What is happening in
Iraq, will be not just in New Orleans but America.
Who do they call when things are extremely out of
control? The Military! As a last resort, not
because they can handle it. They are not winning in
Iraq! They are fighting individuals in the HOOD (take
a closer look). Individuals that created ways to make
money after not being treated fairly with employment! Individuals that became fed up after being stopped from doing what is necessary to survive. Survival is absolutely necessary! This film shows you the preproduction before destruction in America (if we continue to ignore)! |
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| The New Orleans Tea Party 18 min Marline Otte and Laszlo Fulop The New Orleans Tea Party documentary sheds light on the challenging reconstruction of post-Katrina New Orleans. The film takes stock of the loss that defines the "storm generation." Interviews with neighborhood, cultural, and civic leaders probe the limitations of a recovery process built entirely upon the shoulders of individuals. The film examines larger themes relevant to American society today: individual versus government civic responsibility, and citizens' vision of, and trust in democratic processes. |
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| A Jazz Journey 12 min The Students at the Center The Students at the Center tell the story of aspiring young jazz musician Stephen Gladney. Stephen reflects on his decision while evacuating during Katrina to take only his saxophone with him. Stephen describes how this decision affected his creative development as a musician. |
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| Moving On 7.5 min The Students at the Center Students at the Center staff member Dominique Townsend tells the story of her decision to return to New Orleans and live with her boyfriend for her senior year of high school. She wanted to return so she could graduate from McMain Secondary School, the school she had attended before Hurricane Katrina, but is it worth the emotional stress of her living situation? |