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From the makers of Down But Not Out… Join us for the screening of Upheaval Productions newest documentary "Dos Americas: The Reconstruction of New Orleans." Dos Americas focuses on the growing Latino population in post-Katrina New Orleans and their difficulties with wage theft, racism, police brutality, worker on-site injuries and black/brown tensions.
Film Synopsis: Post-Katrina reconstruction is still in progress throughout the Gulf Coast, with much of the City of New Orleans still in ruins. This documentary focuses on those rebuilding this city through interviews with some of the estimated 100,000 Latino migrant laborers who have converged in this area over the past two and a half years. 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 extremely unique and tragic context of post-Katrina New Orleans.
Screening of the documentary will be followed by a Q&A with one of the filmmakers.
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