Water-Proof: A Study of Post-Katrina Culture

On January 3rd, the Harley School hosted a screening of the documentary Water-Proof: A Study of Post-Katrina Culture to a packed auditorium. The screening was a fund raising event for Harley House—a Flower City Habitat for Humanity/Harley School effort—currently being built on the North Side of Rochester. It was also a call to action for people to aid in the rebuilding of post-Katrina Louisiana.

The documentary chronicles the reconstruction effort, the devastation that remains a year later, and the struggle of everyday life currently underway in post-Katrina New Orleans and St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. According to their press release, the film-makers—Sawyer Carter Jacobs, Andrew Douglas Rea, and Rashid Albert Duroseau (all graduates of Harley School)—“hope to inspire our audience into volunteering, and entreat them to fall in love with the great coastal city.”

Currently the film-makers are finishing the epilogue and are going to be entering the documentary into film festivals around the country. Rochester Indymedia has been in contact with the trio in the hopes of presenting a free screening sometime in May or June. Stay tuned for more information. See the trailer on YouTube. Contact the film-makers at bgfilms@gmail.com. If you'd like to get involved with the Harley House project, call 442-1770 ext. 3109, or email at harleyhouse@harleyschool.org.

Additional Information: Water-Proof: the film | New Orleans Habitat for Humanity | Flower City Habitat for Humanity | Harley House | Still Photos from the Film | New Orleans Indymedia

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