Desert Bayou

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Desert Bayou

2007

1h 11m

Documentary

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After Hurricane Katrina, more than 600 black New Orleans evacuees find themselves air-lifted to predominately white Salt Lake City, where they must struggle with displacement from their homes and cope with the suspicions of residents.

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Although the presentation is sometimes clumsy, the compelling interviews and story make Desert Bayou always informative and enthralling.

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Amy Nicholson

I.E. Weekly

02/03/2008

D

Thematic schizophrenia...it agrees that the media stereotype blacks as uneducated thugs and rappers, while its own main characters are crack addicts, ex-cons, and Master P.

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

11/26/2007

This little known human interest story is a fascinating one.

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Joe Leydon

Variety

11/13/2007

[Director] LeMay earns points for his balanced presentation of key figures on both sides.

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

01/27/2008

3/4

A fascinating glimpse at the almost endless obstacles given to Katrina survivors...

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08/29/2013

White people treating black people like crap. :(

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10/13/2012

the different issues and concerns that come to light after hurricane Katrina

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02/05/2012

loved this. heartbreaking and inspiring at the same time. can i say how much i love mayor rocky and rabbi shmuley??

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01/02/2012

Very eye opening, sad but glad that many were able to turn over a new leaf and go on with their lives even though it was clear out in Utah.

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02/11/2010

What an amazing story being documented here. Worth it just to see the contrast of sincere/sensitive Salt Lake City Mayor & snarky/phony Utah Governor - esp. in the bonus footage. Incredible indictment of racial profiling in the US & of the Mormon & militaries control in this part of the country. A humbling account of how vulnerable the New Orleans citizens were when they got on planes to get out of their destroyed city.

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11/11/2009

Ive seen alot of documentaries on Hurricane Katrina but this was the only 1 I found truly interesting

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Alex LeMay

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Rock Anderson

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Jon Huntsman

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Synopsis

After Hurricane Katrina, more than 600 black New Orleans evacuees find themselves air-lifted to predominately white Salt Lake City, where they must struggle with displacement from their homes and cope with the suspicions of residents.

Director: Alex LeMay
Producer: Alex LeMay, Mary-Beth Mazzone, Mike Russell, Master P, Jimmy Finkl
Screenwriter: Thomas Lemmer
Distributor: Cinema Libre Studio
Production Co: Taproot Productions LLC, Third Coast Media Group
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 5, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 12, 2016
Runtime: 1h 11m

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