Finding Solid Ground 2008

From: Eve Troeh
Length: 55:36

One-hour documentary **UPDATED for the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina Read the full description.

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Playing: Finding Solid Ground 2008
From: Eve Troeh

Solidgroundposter_small ***This is the updated 2008 version! For past reviews and comments, visit: http://www.prx.org/reviews/8291 The producers bring stories and scenes from coastal Louisiana that seek to answer the question, "What's it like down there now?" Both residents of New Orleans since the storm, they go from Uptown mansions to downtown clubs, unkept lawns in Kenner to shifting wetlands in Houma. A makeshift health clinic to a time-tested marina. Musicians, teachers, doctors, kids, philanthropists, fishermen and more tell how they are finding - and not finding - security in their everyday lives. Louisianans, simply finding solid ground.

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***This is the updated 2008 version! For past reviews and comments, visit: http://www.prx.org/reviews/8291 The producers bring stories and scenes from coastal Louisiana that seek to answer the question, "What's it like down there now?" Both residents of New Orleans since the storm, they go from Uptown mansions to downtown clubs, unkept lawns in Kenner to shifting wetlands in Houma. A makeshift health clinic to a time-tested marina. Musicians, teachers, doctors, kids, philanthropists, fishermen and more tell how they are finding - and not finding - security in their everyday lives. Louisianans, simply finding solid ground.