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 NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Oscar-winning filmmaker Jonathan Demme didn't know what he was going to do with 200 hours of footage of the Hurricane Katrina aftermath, but he knew the images told compelling stories about what happened when the floodwaters receded.
Demme focused on residents of the devastated Lower 9th Ward, following their journeys for more than a year after the hurricane. The more time he spent in the neighborhood, "the more the enormity started to emerge," he said. "I realized, this is what America needs to know about."
The result is "Right to Return: New Home Movies from the Lower 9th Ward," to be presented on Tavis Smiley's late-night PBS program for five nights beginning Monday.
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