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New Orleans Rising: Pontchartrain Park Focus of CNN Documentary

Posted: Aug 21, 2010

Pontchartrain Park focus of CNN Documentary

This evening a documentary on CNNIn America—focused on the efforts of New Orleans actor Wendell Pierce (The Wire, Treme) to rebuild his childhood neighborhood, Pontchartrain Park.

This episode, "New Orleans Rising" reveals the current dilemma of what is transpiring to rebuild New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina destroyed the city five years ago as well as the chaos tearing local families apart. Wendell Pierce and other former residents created the non-profit Pontchartrain Community Development Corporation in 2007 to encourage the area’s reconstruction.

CNN’s host Soledad O’Brien stated, “What I wanted to do was to take a look at a neighborhood that was a surprise. For me, Pontchartrain Park was a surprise. For a neighborhood that was a middle-class black neighborhood, why weren’t they coming back? Why was it one of the lowest return rates in all of the city?”

“The argument has always been, well, for people who are impoverished, there are many challenges to coming back,” said O’Brien. “Pontchartrain Park wasn’t that. So what was the story there? Then, of course you had this amazing history…”

History...indeed. There should be constant exposure to ongoing conditions in the Gulf area. I’m considering returning to New Orleans on Halloween for Widespread Panic’s 3 shows. Panic donated proceeds during the Katrina disaster to certain non-profit organizations. The Crescent City’s The Dirty Dozen Brass Band will open for Panic on October 31. Hopefully those Lakefront Arena shows will generate some revenue for the local economy.

Yours in Nolaween,

James Calemine
 

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