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Hurricane Katrina: The Drive: New Orleans Lower 9th Ward

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A painful irony of post-Katrina New Orleans is how few people throughout the country understand the extent of what has happened to the city. Many people do not realize that, nearly 10 months later, things are not back to normal in New Orleans. As America's attention fades from Hurricane Katrina's impact, a disabled New Orleans continues to struggle for survival. In many respects, New Orleans is alive and kicking. People are moving home, schools are opening, cultural activities have returned and, in some neighborhoods, life has a sense of near normalcy; however, all it takes is a short drive outside of the French Quarter or Uptown to witness extensive loss and devastation. The magnitude of flooding was incomprehensible and New Orleans still has many challenges to overcome. The only way to really get a sense of the magnitude of the post-Katrina destruction is to physically walk or drive through the affected areas. With this in mind, NOVAC presents The Drive. The Drive provides a raw visual and narrated tour through four of the most devastated neighborhoods in New Orleans and is supported with extensive footage, maps, interviews, digital imagery, and an original musical score by Emmy nominated composer, Gil Talmi. Through this community-based documentary project, we present stories from a local point-of-view. We hope this effort will garner continued support for the rebuilding of a great American city.

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: June 16, 2006 at 7:05 pm
Author: TRyanNOVAC

Length: 15:57
Rating: 4.69
Views: 177602

Tags: 9th  documentary  Drive  Hurricane  Katrina:  Lower  NOVAC  NOVACDOC  Orleans  Ward  

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hoodup247 (August 18, 2008 at 12:42 am)
i was in gretna louisiana when i evacuated and untill this day some places left and abandonded thses homes and left them the way they were i waz lucky my dog had to stay home he survied but the nehbiors house well lets just say somethings happen....r.i.p. big blood...1972-2005.
tswagg504 (August 7, 2008 at 12:05 am)
59% OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSEHOLDS!..the 9th ward was and is still very working class.
lilredbug (July 24, 2008 at 12:15 am)
She's right about the government not helping their own enough. I know a person in another state that Fema won't help when her car was damaged by the floods. This woman is a disabled woman with kids too. The Chamber of commerce told her Fema wouldn't help, but they (FEMA) put an ad in the newspaper saying they would so she applied for help. They told her they could help her. Then called her a few days later telling her they couldn't help her. This woman gets child support, not a government check.
azurien27 (July 21, 2008 at 8:00 pm)
it is sad that people have such ignorant views. there is no city in america that is safe from the effects of nature, whether it is blizzards, tornados, earthquakes, fires or hurricanes. New Orleans has stood for hundreds of years until the govt's devastation of our wetlands and the Army Corps' complete negligence left one of the world's most amazing cities open for disaster. oh yes and then no one came to help us and left us all to die. and btw, genius, New Orleans was not destroyed by "the sea"
azurien27 (July 21, 2008 at 7:53 pm)
my beautiful city, i miss you so much
AddEmotion (July 18, 2008 at 11:16 am)
That Makes No Fkin Sence.
1STLADii90 (July 14, 2008 at 12:40 pm)
i was n the hurrican n yea it fucced the 9th ward up i was born n raised dwn there but you kno what we gettin it back
ePhilosopher (July 13, 2008 at 6:00 pm)
to some it's trash, to locals, it's art
ePhilosopher (July 13, 2008 at 5:42 pm)
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DriaNJoe (June 27, 2008 at 10:12 pm)
for everyone from the NO get records of ownership, lease, morgage or whatever to prove that the home or property is yours . do not let the government take your homes, they willl get insurance companies to not give you money to rebuild...it doesnt matter because who took the land has the power and dont let them take it, dont let it happen!!! even if u gotta come and live in a tent go back and rebuil b4 they take it from u and make money off ya pain

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