Archive for the ‘Turkey Creek’
What’s Possible: Documenting Disaster and Renewal
Cross posted from WHAT’S POSSIBLE: THE TIDES BLOG On April 20, 2010, the day BP’s oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mississippi Gulf Coast community of Turkey Creek — which I had been making a documentary about for almost a decade — happened to appear on the front page of USA Today. […]
A moment to remember at the Sundance Doc Edit Lab
My life as a mother and a documentary filmmaker sometimes seems like a film that’s out of sync. But there was a wonderful moment this summer when everything clicked. I had been invited to bring the rough cut of my Turkey Creek documentary to the Sundance Documentary Editing and Story Lab but considered declining the invitation […]
A different take on Turkey Creek’s epic story tonight on The Daily Show
(Cross-posted from Leah’s blog on Bridge the Gulf) When I heard that The Daily Show was sending one of its “correspondents” to Turkey Creek (in coastal Gulfport, Mississippi), I tried to imagine how a brief satirical “news” segment might shed light on a story I take seriously, and one that I’ve been documenting on video […]
Bridge the Gulf Project will launch soon
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 […]
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 coastal communities. She wrote about her observations in an article titled “Voice Off the Bayou” on her blog: “… […]
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 environmental justice activists working in the Turkey Creek watershed were meeting with officials at the state and federal level on an entirely different […]
