We’ve been working toward the launch of bridgethegulfproject.org for many months and the BP oil disaster has added new urgency to the project. It’s a new media storytelling initiative promoting cultural survival, environmental justice, and sustainable development in Gulf Coast Communities. The project is the result of a collaboration between the Turkey Creek Film Project and the Gulf Coast Fund for [...]
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Natural Resources Defense Council President interviews Derrick Evans
NRDC President Frances Beinecke spent time last week on the Gulf Coast with Turkey Creek’s Derrick Evans and other advisors and grantees of the Gulf Coast Fund to learn about how the BP disaster is impacting coast[...]
The Bridge Project hears from fishermen in Biloxi, MS
On May 7 a team of media artists from New Orleans Video Voices and 2-Cent Entertainment attended a community meeting in Biloxi, Miss. to hear about the impact of the oil disaster on fishermen, particularly the Vietnamese[...]
Coastal communities in peril speak out
Last week I witnessed the sense of dread felt by Gulf Coast communities as the oil spill approached. I was in Gulfport, Miss., shooting footage for my Turkey Creek documentary. Derrick Evans, Rose Johnson and other[...]
Turkey Creek in USA Today: “For them, Earth Day was late in coming”
My trusty Google alert sent today’s USA Today story that features Turkey Creek. The photo of Derrick Evans in front of his great-grandfather’s house made me think of this one I took a few days after Hurricane[...]
The Bridge Project heading to Katrina @ 5 and internationally recognized media lab
The Bridge Project will be highlighted March 22 in the opening plenary of Katrina @ 5: Partners in Philanthropy, a special convening of the philanthropic community, nearly five years after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, t[...]
Environmental Justice for All
My last post was about the community activists and leaders I interviewed during a meeting of the Gulf Coast Sustainable Communities Network. As I listened to these interviews I was reminded of these comments by Lisa Ja[...]
Watershed stories
This weekend in Moss Point, Mississippi, I videotaped interviews with sixteen community leaders and activists from coastal Alabama (Coden), Louisiana (Terrebonne and Lafourche Parish) and Mississippi (East Biloxi, Luced[...]
The Bridge Project is heading to Moss Point, MS
THE BRIDGE PROJECT, a digital initiative that grew out of the TURKEY CREEK documentary, will be in Moss Point Feb. 26 & 27, 2010. Video interviews will be recorded with members of the Gulf Coast Sustainable Communit[...]
The Bridge Project visits coastal Alabama
It has been a busy time as the post-production of TURKEY CREEK has gone into high gear and the development of The Bridge Project has become a major focus. I have been working with the Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewa[...]
