DVD
Forced change : a journey of Katrina migrants from New Orleans facing the aftermath of a changing climate
Publication Information
Astoria, NY : 103rd Street Productions, LLC, [2022]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (70 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
"FORCED CHANGE is a gritty and riveting journey into the heart of living history--an act of personal witness to one of North America's first culturally recognized, climate impacted tragedies of the 21st century. The result is a fifteen-year journey by Emmy-nominated filmmaker Rennik Soholt, whose groundbreaking and award-winning documentary, FORCED CHANGE, looks past the modern news media's broad coverage of Hurricane Katrina to focus on the touching human stories of people who were displaced from their homes due to the effects of climate change. Told in an innovative narrative style and featuring a chorus of New Orleans-based voices--including jazz trumpeter Kermit Ruffins--FORCED CHANGE reflects on the unique and relatable stories of four who left New Orleans after the 2005 hurricane and never returned. Once rooted in working-class Gentilly, suburban Mid-City, elegant Lakeview, or the historic French Quarter, these reluctant migrants had to leave their homes to rebuild their lives elsewhere. The film bears witness to an important lesson Katrina exposed: While people can move quickly to safety, their struggles to recover from unexpected upheaval will endure. Whether exploring relapses into drug addiction, relationships poisoned by trauma, or sometimes renewed opportunities, FORCED CHANGE shows why few people escaped their beloved New Orleans without some echo of the past pushing into their present. Both heartbreaking and hopeful, these stories of individual responses to the national tragedy of Katrina have never been told before on such an epic timetable. Many stories have been told about New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina, but none like FORCED CHANGE."--Container.
Notes
Originally produced in 2020.