Hurricane Katrina almost blew New Orleans off the map. A year and a half later, history will be made again in New Orleans. You are invited to celebrate and document it in film so the rest of the country can also feel the winds of change rebuilding this American city.
Katrina Corps – Spring Break ‘07 is a by-the-people-for-the-people grass-roots effort issuing the Katrina Challenge, calling 25,000 college students to come to New Orleans to gut 5,000 houses in 5 weeks so that 5,000 families can return home. These 5,000 houses represent HALF of those waitlisted for gutting (and gutting is the required first step before rebuilding).
Gutting is dirty, back-breaking work. Operating in teams of 25, students will spend their Spring Break gutting one house per day. In the evenings there will be music and fun (because the next day there will be more houses to gut). We are asking you to be there with them, side by side, filming them as they work and as they relax afterwards, dancing to music provided by bands invited from all over the country. It’s Woodstock with a purpose. If you haven’t seen Bono’s music video “The Saints are Coming” — do it. We’re not waiting any longer to do what could have been done and still must be done.
This is a zero-budget effort. Until a major sponsoring partner steps up, we can’t promise more than we’ve promised ourselves—to do our utmost to support every single person who joins the Katrina Corps. Corporate America can’t move this fast. But you can, and so can we. Our motto comes from Muhammad Ali–IMPOSSIBLE is NOTHING!
If you are a filmmaker, or have experience in any of the technical aspects of filmmaking, please consider joining the Katrina Corps this Spring (March 5 through April 6). You’ll be making history by filming it.
Consider The Rock, The Ripple, and The Shore:
Throw a rock into a lake, and it energizes change…the ripples move from the rock, carrying energy with them. The shore takes whatever comes its way. Katrina Corps — Spring Break ‘07, will bring enormous positive change to New Orleans, and energize more.
We’re issuing The Katrina Challenge to YOU as a filmmaker. Come to New Orleans and be a ROCK! The ripples from your film will be huge.
Contact the Katrina Corps Team at info@katrinacorps.org.