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. […]
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: “… […]
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 Katrina. Derrick and friends from Boston had organized a caravan of relief supplies, and I flew to Birmingham […]
