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submitted by dotdude

1 decade 6 years 6 months 2 weeks ago

Uploader Description: This film is a touching portrayal of the essence of home conveyed through a bittersweet, evocative archive of a house in Chalmette, Louisiana that was flooded by Katrina. The filmmaker is a member of the third generation of a family that lived in this house, which was designed and built by his grandparents in the 1950's. The house was flooded by about nine feet of water during Katrina, and was mistakenly torn down a year later.

The central theme is the essence of home and the feeling of loss that occurs when home becomes a memory. This loss may occur in extreme and abrupt forms as a result of a disaster like Katrina, but more often it is experienced in a more subtle manner a result of the inevitable change that comes with time. And while time and place may meet again in such a special way as to form a new home for some, that first experience of home must come to an end and the life that happened there can only exist as memories.

This video attempts to convey this theme in a way that everyone can relate to so that observers of Katrina may see beyond the forensic analysis of Katrina's aftermath and gain a deeper understanding of what has been lost by so many.