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After the Storm. 2009. USA. Directed by Hilla Medalia
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Monday Oct 5, 2009 (7pm)
Wednesday Oct 7, 2009 (8pm)
Thursday Oct 8, 2009 (4pm)
Friday Oct 9, 2009 (4pm)
Saturday Oct 10, 2009 (4pm)
Sunday Oct 11, 2009 (5pm)
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Free with museum admission. Film-only tickets: adults $10; seniors $8; members and children under 16 are free; member friends $5. Please visit website for more details.
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Hilla Medalia’s powerful, absorbing After the Storm reveals a New Orleans that most of us have never seen before. The film follows twelve young people who, after Hurricane Katrina, are chosen by Broadway professionals to perform in a community production of the musical Once on This Island—itself set in the wake of a hurricane—as a benefit to fund the restoration of a local community center. Israeli-born, New York–based filmmaker Medalia, known for her documentaries 39 Pounds of Love and To Die in Jerusalem, captures the strength and determination of the young performers as they act out stories that parallel their own—and creates a document of a resilient New Orleans community in the process.
After the Storm. 2009. USA. Directed by Hilla Medalia. Based on the musical Once on This Island, by Lynn Ahrens (book and lyrics), Stephen Flaherty (music), from the novel by Rosa Guy. With James Lescene, Gerry McIntyre, Randy Redd. 89 min.
