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Still standing / Educational Video Center ; Youth Organizers Television ; produced by Luis Arcentales, Vanessa Bateau, Jeongwoon Eun, Ines Morales, Adrianne Morraz, and Sergio Sanchez.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Social aspects.
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
- African Americans--Social conditions--21st century.
- African Americans.
- Racism--Political aspects--United States--History--21st century.
- Racism.
- Disaster victims--Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Disaster victims.
- Emergency management--Government policy--United States.
- Emergency management.
- United States--History--21st century.
- United States.
- United States--Race relations.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (49 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Educational Video Center, 2006.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Still Standing provides an intimate portrayal of the challenges faced by Hurricane Katrina survivors six months after the storm. Daina is a single mother looking for housing, employment, and the chance to reunite with her children. Ms. Gertrude is a determined grandmother struggling to return home and rebuild. Her son Bilal's post-Katrina experiences in New York City drive him to become politically active. These three individual's stories reveal all-too familiar issues in urban American communities: the neglect of poor and minority neighborhoods, the inadequacy of public assistance to provide long-term solutions, and the struggles necessary to bring about positive change.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed November 29, 2018).
- OCLC:
- 1081438071
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