The old man and the storm / PBS ; produced by June Cross, Julia Elliott ; written by June Cross ; a Faith Project production for WGBH/Frontline and the Independent Television Service ; WGBH Boston.
Herbert and Lydia Gettridge raised nine children in the Lower Ninth Ward. Their house, which Mr. Gettridge built on land he purchased in 1943, took on 10 feet of water when the levees breached. Five of their children who owned homes in New Orleans also lost everything. Over the year and a half that...
Uniform Title: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials. |
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Language: | English |
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In English; closed-captioned. |
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Boston, MA : Alexandria, VA :
WGBH Educational Foundation ; Distributed by PBS Home Video,
[2009], ©2009.
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Series: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials. |
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Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Format: | Video DVD |
Contents:
- Introduction
- Herbert Gettridge: fifth-generation New Orleanian
- In-fighting, bureaucracy and politics
- "An altogether different life"
- Federally funded Road Home Program
- 2007: more problems and delays:
- Bittersweet homecoming
- Credits.