Hurricane Katrina: TRAILER for The Drive

In a new approach to telling stories from the front lines of post-Katrina New Orleans, The New Orleans Video Access Center (NOVAC) is producing a one-hour documentary called The Drive. It's an extensie driving tour through four of New Orleans' most devastated neighborhoods supported with maps, interviews and an original score by Emmy nominated composer, Gil Talmi. The full version of segment one is available on You Tube (keyword: NOVACDOC).

In addition to The Drive, NOVAC has collaborated with local filmmakers to produce a series of short documentaries on the people, culture and spirit that make New Orleans an American city worth rebuilding.

Please help us build awareness about what's going on in New Orleans by sharing our project with others. We hope to convey the duality of life in post-Katrina New Orleans. In many respects, things are progressing. Families are moving home, cultural activities are abundant and, in some neighborhoods, life has a sense of near normalcy; however, a short drive in almost any direction provides a different picture. The magnitude of flooding was incomprehensible and nearly 10 months later, New Orleans has many challenges to overcome.

To view entire series including The Drive, enter YouTube keyword: NOVACDOC

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[doctorj2u]

Educate yourself. New Orleans survived the hurricane. It was the federal flood that destroyed the city. Do you know what is left after things sit in toxic flood waters for a month? Not much. People like you are what is wrong with this country. You sit in your comfy room and judge the suffering. What a big man you are!

[rcpro17]

Bush did this.

[MoonbatsAreDingbats]

President Bush was NOT allowed to pre-empt the (dereliction of duty) efforts of useless Mayor Nagin and dip shit Governor Blanco. Also, by the time those morons 'allowed' the feds to help, it was impossible to get supplies, etc. to desperate residents there because of conditions and impassable roads. Those dummies were warned about Katrina's severity and went into a massive 'dithering' mode.

[BobbyJindalSucks]

Bobby "Piyush" Jindal speech after Obama's speech was weak, unclear and lame! I feel sorry for the people of Louisiana! They should be fucking protesting in the streets! Residents of New Orleans should be outraged by this son of a bitch, especially black people from New Orleans! Jindal is denying people by turning down the stimulus package. How the hell did this SADIST get elected?

Jindal is a reDUMBplican, yes I said it!

DUMB + REPUBLICAN = reDUMBplican

[Davertin]

If there is calamity in a city, will not the Lord have done it?

Amos 3:6

[johnson297]

Katrina was a natural disaster. The local and state government was vastly unprepared and unqualified to react. The Federal Government was not prepared for a State and Local Government to be so incompetent. The Feds tried to pick up the pieces at the last minute but it was too late. The Democrats do what politicians do and blame everything on their enemies, the Republicans. It worked because of the lack of critical thought people have when politics is involved. Mother nature is not a Republican.

[nowfilmfestival]

be sure to check out my response video - Help Is Coming... which was the first film to be shot after the Hurrican

[LolaJudd]

great place to live...under sea level

[bgfilms]

I agree, educate yourself...in addition...

Florida is the shithole! Full of retired bad drivers and assholes like you.  New Orleans is the jewel of the South (where there aren't many jewels), full of jazz, culture, food, history...what do you have? Disneyland?

[elamal2007]

Lil bush is motherfucker 1200 drowned 3500 murdered, 20,000 severe wounded

[dowling1981]

vilin - Irak is Spanish for 'Iraq', so yes he/she does mean 'Irak'