A Loud Color

New Orleans resident Louis Harding gives a tour of the community center he opened one month before Hurricane Katrina hit. "Before the storm, the building was a loud color. In fact...it was so loud you could hear it before you could see it," Louis had spent years trying to open the Marcus Garvey Resource Center and then it was destroyed when the levees broke. Despite the setback, 72-year-old Harding refuses to call it quits. He was on a mission to combat poverty in the African-American community in New Orleans before the city flooded and he hasn't given up. While sorting through the debris of his life, Louis discusses the importance of history and how life for African-Americans in New Orleans has changed in the last 100 years. "A Loud of Color" is one of several short documentaries produced by the New Orleans Video Access Center which profile New Orleanians and their struggle to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina.

Several New Orleans filmmakers were challenged to create a short documentary on New Orleans as we try to gain support from the nation to help rebuild our great city.




The stories provide a snap shot of life in New Orleans following Katrina from a local point-of-view.

The budget for each short documentary is $500.

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[InAFlashPhotography]

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[nola305]

I've worked with Louis in his bookstore(Grass Roots Afro-American Bookstore) on (Old Dryades) Oretha C. Haley Blvd. in the early 70s. I also rented one on his houses located next to the "Center" on Washington and Derbigny Streets. It's true, He DID work as a landscaper and use his profits to purchase numerous properties in the Broadmoor section ot New Orleans. I'm now living in Houston, Tx. now but planning to travel back and forth to N.O. to help the Brother out. BELIEVE ME, HE'S DEDICATED !

[chantresswm49]

thank you ! thank you!

This is excellant information on Historical Roots from the Voice of the Elders-

lets get back to listening !

chantresswm/akeia

[nazikiwe]

What do you like and love?

There is no height to which we cannot climb by using the active intelligence of our own minds. Mind creates, and as much as we desire in Nature we can have through the creation of our own minds. -- Marcus Garvey

[cbrowngi]

see my "vids" online now before youtube takes them off again T

[aLoudColor]

Mr Harding is alive and kicking. Check out the video responses to watch a 2 1/2 year update + PSA starring DJ Jubilee

[bapyou]

I wonder how Mr. Harding is faring these days? He has an important perspective, bringing up the fact that Blacks have accomplished many things aside from entertainment and sports. That is an important, valuable perspective.

[ChoklitMa]

I wish Goob would STFU! He has commented on here more than anyone! Quit being a whiny bitch! Ya'll always wanna say Black people complain.. Ain't that the pot? LMAO! I'm glad OUR PEOPLE are getting something done! To all those who are going to partake in building the center.. MUCH LOVE!

[SLEEPYHEAD5454]

what you are saying is really inspriing, goobmcdoofer. honestly, that is so awesome!!!

[GoobMcdoofer]

I dislike people with a segregation mentality.Thats all.I hate it when people say "my people".That shit makes me feel left out.