Land of Opportunity
From the filmmaker: "The director's cut of the feature film was finished in March of 2011 and had its Brasilian premiere at the 16th Annual It's All True International Documentary Festival in Rio De Janeiro and Sau Paulo. We are currently partnering with the Mozilla Foundation in creating an interactive video player that makes use of the wealth of relevant footage gathered during the production of Land of Opportunity."
Directed by: Luisa Dantas
Executive Produced by Chicken & Egg Pictures
Granted on: 2007-01-01
Production Stage: Post Production
Land of Opportunity is a verite, character-driven documentary that interweaves stories of a diverse group of people struggling to rebuild post-Katrina New Orleans. Juxtaposing different perspectives, from urban planners to immigrant workers to public housing residents, we see how the story of this city is the story of urban America. The story of how democratic processes can fail us, how economic crisis can pull the rug out from under us, and how migration and displacement can prove to be strange bargains. This is a ground-level view of a situation that has been widely discussed but rarely seen with such texture and complexity.
