From the Come Hell or High Water newsletter (Sign up!) 2015 was a year of long-anticipated milestones (the 10th anniversary of Katrina, the 5th anniversary of the BP disaster, and the UN conference on climate change), but it was also…
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Today I bought ingredients for a very special recipe. I have never attempted to emulate Neterine Theodore’s cream cheese pound cake, but this seems like the right time to try. I met Miss Net because she was Derrick Evans’ Sunday…
From the Come Hell or High Water newsletter (Sign up!) More ways to explore the legacy of Hurricane Katrina Until September 4th, WORLD Channel will provide a free stream of Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek at bit.ly/TurkeyCreek. Please let your networks know! Build on…
A decade later, what is the legacy of Hurricane Katrina? A few national organizations and publications are considering this question by looking at the story of Turkey Creek: The New Republic published an article titled "After The Deluge: Building climate...
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In April Leah Mahan traveled to Indonesia as a Film Envoy with the American Film Showcase to share Come Hell or High Water and lead discussions and workshops with students, environmentalists, journalists and filmmakers. Her post on the trip is...
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Today in Kendari, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, young people participated in a documentary workshop with filmmaker Leah Mahan. The U.S. Consulate partnered with Yascita, a local NGO, to host the American Film Showcase program featuring screenings of Come...
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From the Come Hell or High Water newsletter – read & subscribe here. Next week, the American Film Showcase will travel to Indonesia with COME HELL OR HIGH WATER: THE BATTLE FOR TURKEY CREEK filmmaker LEAH MAHAN and film expert IRENE TAYLOR BRODSKY, organized by the U.S. EMBASSY IN…
“Don’t watch the film and consume their pain. Don’t let it stop there. How dare we ask them to carry this burden … We have to stand up. None of this ‘I saw the movie. It was wonderful.’ … What...
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