Demme’s Post-Katrina films on PBS
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Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme and PBS’ Tavis Smiley will team up every night next week to present Demme’s series on the post-Katrina efforts of various New Orleans residents as they try to reclaim their homes, neighborhoods, lives and livelihoods.
“Right to Return: New Home Movies From the Lower 9th Ward” was filmed in New Orleans during 2006, leading into January of this year. The five short films feature teachers, ministers, a retired chef, volunteer workers, the owner of the legendary “Mother-in-Law Lounge,” librarians and workers from various walks of life.
In Los Angeles, “Tavis Smiley” airs weeknights at 11 on KCET.
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