Marking the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the Film Alliance of the Ozarks presents three short films about the aftermath of the storm, each produced by a local documentarian. The event takes place at 6 pm, October 2, in the Pat and Willard Walker Community Room of the Fayetteville Public Library. Filmmakers will be present for the event, and each screening will be followed by a short Q & A session.
The three films cover several different issues of recovery: art, animal rescue, and education. Sunshine Morgan’s film, “Reawakening,” documents the reopening of the New Orleans Museum of Art six months after Katrina, featuring Pulitzer Prize winning author Richard Ford. Sarah K. Moore’s “Gifts from the Storm” examines the Katrina refugees who ended up at a temporary animal shelter created in Fayetteville. And Derek Jenkins takes a DIY approach to filming students in the Recovery School District with a profile of one of the many teachers who flocked to New Orleans following the storm.
Admission is FREE.
