Falling Together in New Orleans NOLA Premiere
New Orleans Visit
Falling Together in New Orleans NOLA Premiere
Mithell & Farrah Q&A
OPP was honored to screen Falling Together in New Orleans in New Orleans at Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center @ Tulane University June 17, 2007.
We had a fantastic experience in NOLA screening vignettes I & II and filming for vignette III. The film was received well and we had a great discussion and Q&A.
We met some amazing people & captured some great footage and enlightening interviews. Here’s a little run down of who we interviewed for vignette III. Thanks to everyone who graciously shared their perspectives on the rebuilding of New Orleans.
Farrah interviewing Bart Everson in his Mid-City Neighborhood. Bart & his wife, Xy are working hard to help their neighborhood rebuild.
VISIT BART’S EXCELLENT SITE @ ROX.COM
The beautiful John Boutte @ dba! Thanks, John for contributing music to the FTNO project!
Emergency Communities.org Lower 9th Ward Cafe.
Bobby from a California church group volunteering with Emergency Communities Summer Camp for kids in the Lower 9th Ward. The kids from the church wanted to come to NOLA & volunteer. Thanks to Bobby & other adult church members; 14 kids got to come and be a part of rebuilding the Lower 9th Ward. Thanks, Bobby for showing the kids that it CAN be done!
Farrah interviewing Katie, a volunteer coordinator for EC. Katie hitch-hiked from Idaho to NOLA to help after the storms. She’s been volunteering full-time for 2yrs now! Thanks Katie for your important work!
We visited Lewis Taylor from vignette I. Lewis is doing well after finding his family & getting a trailer. Here, he’s at his sister, Antoinette’s home in Algiers. Lewis is 82 now & stays busy.
Farrah & Takashi discussing their works. Takashi is an amazing artist creating an awareness raising sculpture; a replica of the surface of a shotgun-style house in latex, then displacing the replica to New York’s Socrates Sculpture Park. It was great to meet Takashi & his assistant, James! Takashi Horisaki
Farrah interviewing poet & writer; Bill Lavander. Bill’s published some great works. One of my favorites is a collaborative work from NolaFugees.com called
Year Zero: A Year of Reporting from Post-Katrina New Orleans
John Koerner of Koerner Capital on Levee protection.
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on 6/25/2007