Dos Americas: The Reconstruction of New Orleans

Presented as part of the Human Rights Film Festival at USF:

DOS AMERICAS: The Reconstruction of New Orleans

* w/ comments by Professors Jorge Aquino & Ron Sundstrom
and a response by filmmaker David Zlutnick

Post-Katrina reconstruction is still in progress throughout the Gulf Coast, with much of the City of New Orleans still in ruins. This documentary focuses on those rebuilding this city through interviews with some of the estimated 100,000 Latino migrant laborers who had converged in this area over the two and a half years prior. Despite terrible working conditions, massive fraud, a housing crisis, severe harassment by law enforcement, and very limited resources, New Orleans’ Latino community has mushroomed since the storm and is establishing an infrastructure proportional to its size.

Take a look at how this community is organizing to defend itself against numerous injustices and the attempts to bridge the gap between themselves as new residents and the pre-Katrina population, all within the extremely unique and tragic context of post-Katrina New Orleans.

Thursday February 26th 6:30PM
University of San Francisco Presentation Theater
2350 Turk Boulevard
(btw. Annapolis Terrace and Tamalpais Terrace)

For more information and to view a trailer please visit:
http://www.upheavalproductions.com

Link to Human Rights Film Fest website:
http://www.usfca.edu/mediastudies/hrw