Last weekend Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek went to Power Shift, the world’s largest youth gathering of climate activists. The film was one of several showcased there by Reel Power, a project of Working Films that brings together filmmakers and activists “fueling the energy revolution.” This is the fourth Power […]

UPDATE: The film received the 2013 New Orleans Film Festival Audience Award for Documentary Feature. Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek had its premiere Sunday at the New Orleans Film Festival, and the theater was full of old friends and new ones. Derrick Evans and Reilly Morse (Mississippi Center for Justice) joined me after the […]

Tonight I shared Come Hell or High Water at Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church in Turkey Creek, where important moments in the documentary were filmed. I was so honored by the warm response. It was powerful to hear people talk about their experience watching the film — the pain of reliving difficult times, the joy of seeing […]

After a dozen years making a film about a Gulf Coast community struggling to survive, what could be more fitting than a premiere screening at the New Orleans Film Festival? The screening of Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek on Oct. 13 at 4:30 p.m. will be followed by a Q&A […]