The Lower 9: A Story of Home

The Lower 9: A story of Home is a documentary showcasing four determined Lower-Ninth-Ward residents who share their most intimate stories of home, as they resume their lives over seven years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged their neighborhood. The individual’s stories find voice in a narrative that intersperses contemporary interviews, abstract cinematography of destruction, and powerful scenes of present-day lives.

Directed by: Matthew Hashiguchi
Produced by: Matthew Hashiguchi, Elaine McMillion

Click here to watch the movie tailer. 

Click here for the film’s official website. 

If you want to watch the film, it is screening in the Ohio Shorts Program on:
Thursday, April 4 at 9:30 pm
Thursday April 11 at 4:30 pm

Official Selection Cleveland International Film Festival
Official Selection Heartland Film Festival
Best Short Documentary Asians on Film Festival Spring 2012
Official Selection Chagrin Documentary Film Festival
Official Selection Louisville International Festival of Film
Official Selection Big Muddy Film Festival
Official Selection Thin Line Film Festival

 

 

 

 

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