This cinema verite documentary follows the lives of a wonderfully eccentric
New Orleans woman named Miss Pearl as she attempts to provide
safe harbor to displaced residents in the aftermath
of Hurricane Katrina.
Shorts Program
NO CROSS, NO CROWN
Directed by AM Peters
4 min (preview) • 2007 • USA • English • Color
No Cross, No Crown explores New Orleans, a town that contributed to
the fabric of American music, and dissects the cultural significance
of the disaster through the voices of musicians and other artists.
AFTER KATRINA: REBUILDING ST. BERNARD PARISH
directed by Adam Finberg
22 min • 2006• USA • English • Color
A sensitive elegy to a working-class community's destroyed
neighborhood and its passionate commitment to rebuild.