If you missed journalist June Cross' amazing one hour special on Frontline about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and its affect on one extra/ordinary family's life, never fear. It's online. Out of all of the media that I've seen focused on this issue in the last few years, June's is among the most complex, clear, enraging, and inspiring (along with Trouble the Water). An excerpt of June talking about the women in the film:

I followed the travails of three generations of the Gettridge family for my film "The Old Man and the Storm" on Frontline. The men physically rebuilt their homes, but the actions of women--unseen because their pain was too private--allowed this family to survive. While the Gettridge men set up camp in trailers, their spouses and sisters, often living alone, reared children, fought with insurance adjusters, and in general stayed on top of the myriad shifting bureaucratic battles that have marked the city's first few years of rebuilding.

Go the Women's Media Center for the full text.

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January 8, 2009 3:14 PM

[0+]  woolf's orland said:

thank you SO MUCH for pointing me to this!

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January 8, 2009 10:28 PM

[0+]  Melissa G said:

Yes, thank you. I was just there in New Orleans over the holiday. I could see the changes, but since I had my son with me, I was not sure if it was safe to go to where the most damage was, although I had a pull to do so. But just from the highway I could see buildings that had been abandoned, glass still busted out...

Anyway, thank you so much for letting me know this was available here. I am still in tears.

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