This Is My Home- The Ethnic Cleansing of New Orleans

The anniversary of Katrina has come, and the poor of the city are still in the storm. Undamaged public housing has been intentionally destroyed, to drive out the poor and make a killing in real estate deals. This is a clear example of the "Shock Doctrine" described by Naomi Klein: the rich will use the shock of a natural disaster to dispossess the vulnerable poor. Examples can be seen around the world, but the media shows little interest after the storms have passed. 22 min. download here.

Welcome to New Orleans

A 58 minute documentary about the city of New Orleans during the first year after Katrina. This film depicts the violence and racism in the impoverished American South. This is a story about the bottom-side of United States--a society that has been left to fend for itself. But more importantly, this film is about hope, in the face of overwhelming adversity. “Welcome to New Orleans” depicts the ravaged city through the eyes of Malik Rahim, a 58-year-old Black Panther, who stayed during and after Hurricane Katrina, in order to help residents. He has become a local hero, as he has built up the grassroots organization, Common Ground Collective. Common Ground has served over 170,000 residents with the help of over 12,000 volunteers, from all 50 states and 40 countries. But there is still plenty of work to be done. To find out more information, or to make a donation, please visit their website, www.commongroundrelief.org.

Prisoners of Katrina

This is the untold story of almost 7,000 inmates who found themselves trapped in the city jail as it flooded. The jail system in New Orleans was already in disarray before the storm. Hard core criminals and people arrested for minor crimes were abandoned as the system broke down and the water rose. This World, a BBC news program, presents eye-witness accounts of what really happened to those left behind.

REMA Hurricane Response ~ Waveland, Missahippie

The Rainbow Emergency Management Assembly gathered in Waveland Missahippie within days of the hurricane disaster, to feed people. They have received nothing but love and support from FEMA, Red Cross, numerous Church groups and Hancock County. It is said that before Katrina hippies would refer to Mississippi as MissAHippie because a hippie could easily go "missing" in Mississippi. Now Missahippie has a whole new meaning. The story of Waveland is that of people putting aside petty differences to do what's right and needed by our community of man