2-Cent Entertainment video ------deep video, reality hits home doesnt it?
The video is compelling. It depicts young people in the Lower Ninth Ward holding up signs that read: “looter,” “we’re still here,” “America did this.” Amid empty lots and damaged houses, poet Nik Richard delivers this message: “Hurricane Katrina was the biggest national disaster to hit American soil, and nearly two years later, this area is still devastated. But you know what? We made sure we preserved it strictly for your tourism. For about $75, you can take one of these many tour buses.”
The next shot: tourists drive by and people with cameras gawk. Richard looks directly at the camera and says, “It looks like there’s more money to be paid in devastation than regeneration. If y’all keep paying your money to see it, should we rebuild it?” .....to read more about 2-Cent Entertainment log on to ColorLines Magazine website(or click the link Colorlines.com ) for the complete article about them written by Jordan Flaherty.
1 comment:
Living here in New Orleans its a tough choice. What the storm destroyed in the Nineth Ward in property value was already worthless and what it took from the people living there was their history of poverty, economic segregation and a continuing destructive culture. I feel for them but we have always felt for them. Katrina gave them a new start and they needed that whether or not they would admit it.
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