Filmmaker Gabe Chasnoff - Making Katrina Up Close and Personal

We’re hoping that the film inspires people to do what they can to help disaster victims and understand that the storm did not end when the waters receded.  For many, the effects of the hurricanes are still felt.  We’re also hoping that the new Obama administration is able to effectively overhaul how this country responds to disaster situations and is better able to take into consideration the human side of these disasters, not just the logistical side.  I want the film to open up people’s eyes to how many Americans are living beneath the poverty line, struggling day to day to survive. And if people are willing and able to help*, they should.

Now what?

We have a new project working with an Air Force pediatric surgeon who did two tours in Iraq taking care of children caught in the war’s crossfire.  We’re working with him to rewrite his memoirs and will be releasing his book this November.  It should be unlike anything anyone has read yet and we’re very excited about it.  

Well, good luck to you, Gabe, both with Renaissance Village and your next project!
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*Jump right in! A few suggestions:

•    Just the Right Attitude, a soup kitchen and food pantry started several years before Katrina by Debra South Jones, and still going strong. (Featured in my recent article,  
Katrina on my Mind: Debra South Jones with Just the Right Attitude)

•    Beacon of Hope Resource Center is a grass roots organization taking pro- active measures to rebuild New Orleans neighborhood. Families, groups, schools, churches, organizations, and companies come down to volunteer, and it’s working, one home at a time.

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