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My Louisiana love /

"My Louisiana love follows a young Native American woman, Monique Verdin, as she returns to southeast Louisiana to reunite with her Houma Indian family. Soon, however, she recognizes that her people's traditional way of life, fishing, trapping, and hunting the fragile Mississippi Delta wet...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Verdin, Monique Michelle, 1980- (Producer, Screenwriter), Krasnoff, Mark, 1963-2006 (Producer), Hong, Sharon Linezo (Director, Producer, Screenwriter), Mallozzi, Julie (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
French
Language Notes:Narration in English; some dialogue in French with English subtitles; closed captioned in English.
Published: Berkeley, CA : Berkeley Media, 2013.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Verdin, Monique Michelle, > 1980-
Environmental degradation > Louisiana.
Environmentalists.
Houma Indians.
Mississippi River Delta (La.) > Environmental conditions.
Environnement > Dégradation > Louisiane.
Houma.
Mississippi, Delta du (Louis.) > Conditions environnementales.
Ecology
Environmental degradation
Environmentalists
Houma Indians
Louisiana
Louisiana > Mississippi River Delta
Documentaries and Factual Films
documentary film.
Biographical films
Documentary films
Environmental films
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:"My Louisiana love follows a young Native American woman, Monique Verdin, as she returns to southeast Louisiana to reunite with her Houma Indian family. Soon, however, she recognizes that her people's traditional way of life, fishing, trapping, and hunting the fragile Mississippi Delta wetlands is threatened by an unceasing cycle of man-made environmental crises. As Louisiana is devastated by hurricanes Katrina and Rita and then the massive BP oil leak, Monique finds herself increasingly turning to environmental activism. She documents her family's struggle to stay close to the land despite the cycle of disasters and the rapidly disappearing coastline. Accompanying Monique, the film examines the complex and unequal relationship between the oil industry and the Delta's indigenous Native American community, revealing in the process how the political and economic policies dictated by the oil industry are wreaking havoc to the Delta environment and the survival of the local indigenous culture."--Publisher website.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (66 min.)) : sound, color with black and white sequences
Playing Time:01:05:48
Awards:Won 2012 ImagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival, Alanis Obomsawin Best Documentary Award
Production Credits:Camera, Monique Michelle Verdin, Mark Krasnoff, Sharon Linezo Hong ; edited by Julie Mallozzi ; original music by Alex Weinstein.