Collection:LPB

Genre: Documentary

Place Covered: Port Sulphur, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, Erath, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, Delcambre, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, Larose, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, Raceland, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2006-08-29

Duration: 00:56:14

Subjects: Hurricanes | Hurricane Katrina, 2005 | Hurricane Rita, 2005 | Hurricane recovery | St. Pe, Kerry M. | 10th Ward Buck | Domingue, Errol | Dore, Preston | Falgout, Ted M., 1951- | Chase, Leah | Dooky Chase's Restaurant | COASTAL EROSION | Environment | Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program | Port Fourchon (La.) | Agriculture | FARMERS | SEAFOOD INDUSTRY | Shrimpers (Persons) | OIL INDUSTRY | GAS INDUSTRY

Contributors:

• Sarandon, Susan Narrator
• Melton, Christina Producer
• Fortenberry, Rex Q. Photographer
• Haynes, John Darling Photographer
• Melton, Christina Writer
• Richard, C.E. Writer
• Esneault, Mike Composer
• St. Pe, Kerry Interviewee
• Horton, Marlon Interviewee
• Domingue, Jimmy Interviewee
• Domingue, Errol Interviewee
• Dore, Preston Interviewee
• Falgout, Ted Interviewee
• Chase, Leah Interviewee
• Kamata, Leah Chase Interviewee
• Domingue, Annie Interviewee
• Folse, John Interviewee

A 2006 documentary chronicling the lives of six Louisianans as they struggle to rebuild their lives in the year following Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. The Louisianans are: Kerry St. Pe of Raceland, a marine biologist and the director of the Barataria Terrebonne National Estuary Program; Marlon Horton of New Orleans, a bounce artist known as “10th Ward Buck”; Errol Domingue of Erath, a third generation farmer; Preston Dore of Delcambre, a shrimper and owner of Seafood Express Restaurant; Ted Falgout of Larose, an alligator farmer and the director of Port Fourchon; and Leah Chase of New Orleans, a chef and co-owner of Dooky Chase’s Restaurant. The documentary also focuses on Louisiana’s lack of natural defenses against hurricanes due to the erosion of a large portion of its wetlands and barrier islands, as well as the impact of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita on the state’s agriculture, seafood, and oil and gas industries. Narrator: Susan Sarandon