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"...a documentary about Versailles, a community in eastern New Orleans first settled by Vietnamese refugees. After Hurricane Katrina, Versailles residents impressively rise to the challenges by returning and rebuilding before most neighborhoods in New Orleans, only to have their homes threaten...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: New Day Films, Walking Iris Films
Other Authors: Chiang, S. Leo
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : New Day Films : Walking Iris Films, [2009]
Subjects:
Vietnamese Americans > Louisiana > New Orleans.
New Orleans (La.) > Environmental conditions.
New Orleans (La.) > Ethnic relations.
Disaster victims > Louisiana.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
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Summary:"...a documentary about Versailles, a community in eastern New Orleans first settled by Vietnamese refugees. After Hurricane Katrina, Versailles residents impressively rise to the challenges by returning and rebuilding before most neighborhoods in New Orleans, only to have their homes threatened by a new government-imposed toxic landfill just two miles away. [It] recounts the empowering story of how this group of people, who has already suffered so much in their lifetime, turns a devastating disaster into a catalyst for change and a chance for a better future"--Container.
Item Description:"IMS/2005"--Disc label.
Includes the 67-minute theatrical version (with Vietnamese subtitles); 54-minute PBS/Educational version (closed captioned & audio described in English); and 15-minute condensed version.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (67 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD.
ISBN:9781574482560
1574482564