upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024
Belly of the Basin
Tina Morton (LTA '06, ACG '06, '05) & Roxana Walker-Canton
Morton's film Belly of the Basin, a documentary on Hurricane Katrina, focuses on marginalized groups affected by the disaster: people from the Ninth Ward, the Black Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans and the Native American Houma Tribe. Bombarded with demoralizing media coverage of Hurricane Katrina survivors, Belly of the Basin tells its story through the voices of ordinary residents from Black, Indigenous, and poor communities.