Dos Americas

On tuesday November 25th there is a really great film about the reconstruction of New Orleans playing at the Iron Rail! All the films that play at the Rail are of course free but I will be taking donations to send to the wonderful film makers who took the time and spent their own money to make a film that focuses on such an important issue as this one.


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 have converged in this area over the past two and a half years. 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.

(subtitles in english and spanish)

this is a link to the trailer for the film
Dos Americas/Upheaval Productions