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Post-Katrina reconstruction is still in progress throughout the Gulf Coast, with much of the City of New Orleans still in ruins. Set two and half years following the hurricane, this documentary focuses on those rebuilding this city through interviews with some of the estimated 100,000 Latino migrant laborers who converged in this area after the storm. 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.
Presentado en inglés y español.
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“[Dos Americas] is an insightful look at the struggle of immigrant workers who are more often than not forsaken and written out of the history of the building and subsequent rebuilding of America. I hope that this small gem is just the beginning of many more films that work to expose the reality that exists sometimes under the very gaze of our blind Republic. We need that.”
- Immortal Technique, Rapper/Activist
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Dos Americas has been screened in:
HBO’s New York International Latino Film Festival
New Orleans Human Rights Film Festival
San Francisco Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
Reel Work Labor Film Festival
Twin Rivers Media Film Festival
Berlin, Germany — Brooklyn, New York — Charlotte, North Carolina — Houston, TX — London, England — Los Angeles, CA
Naples, Italy — New Orleans, LA — New York, NY — Paris, France — Pittsburgh, PA — San Diego, CA
San Francisco, CA — San Jose, CA — Santa Barbara, CA — Santa Cruz, CA — Santa Rosa, CA