Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme is joining forces with PBS's Tavis Smiley to present a unique week-long series on post-Katrina New Orleans called Right to Return: New Home Movies from the Lower 9th Ward. The series consists of portrait documentaries filmed in New Orleans over the course of 2006, leading into January of this year. The five short films chart the efforts of a disparate group of New Orleanians who braved unimaginable adversity after the floods of 2005 in an attempt to reclaim their homes, their neighborhoods, primarily in the Lower 9th Ward, and their shattered lives and livelihoods. The residents presented in the unfolding seasonal format include teachers, ministers, a retired chef, volunteer workers, the owner of the legendary Mother-In-Law Lounge, librarians, and workers from all walks of life.

Right to Return will air nightly for a week, beginning Monday, May 28th on the Tavis Smiley late-night PBS program seen on over 200 PBS affiliates nationwide.

Beginning in January 2006, Oscar-winning filmmaker Jonathan Demme filmed in and around New Orleans, chronicling the lives of dozens of people—each of whom has their own unique story. The result is a documentary on the pioneering individuals and families who have chosen to exercise their self-granted “right to return” to their devastated homes and rebuild their lives following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Tavis accompanied Demme to New Orleans to visit with some of these courageous people who are central to the culture of the Big Easy.

http://www.pbs.org/kcet/t...eturn.html
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I realize that tonight's episode is already halfway through the series.
Hopefully, these shows will be archived (like Tavis Smiley's normal shows) on his site.

*Note: This is more a Human Interest topic than Politics & Religion

tA

Tribal Disorder

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Hoping this doesn't get moved...

I'm going to try and stay up late enough to watch this tonight. I hope Tavis puts them on his site as well.

Thanks for the info, I will be watching.

Does this mean I already missed 2? SHIT, lemme program this now. THANKS tA

Sorry, I meant to post this earlier in the week.



tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

Love to you always!

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

thanks for the tip!

theAudience said:

Aww dude, if not for this I wouldn't have heard about it at all I try to check the listings for who Tavis' guests are instead of just Tivoing them all but I really should just do a season pass already w/ his show