Hurricane Katrina Displaced a Generation — and Led to a Renaissance in Houston

Ryan Coogler’s New Series Exposes The Real Story Of Katrina & America

Source: Walt Disney Company / Walt Disney Company Two decades after Hurricane Katrina drowned New Orleans and exposed deep cracks in America’s disaster response and racial divide, Black Panther director Ryan Coogler is helping to tell the story like it’s never been told before. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker has teamed up with Oscar-winning producers Simon and Jonathan Chinn (Searching for Sugar Man) and director Traci A. Curry (Attica) for Hurri…

Ryan Coogler’s New Series Exposes the Real Story of Katrina & America

Source: Walt Disney Company / Walt Disney Company Two decades after Hurricane Katrina drowned New Orleans and exposed deep cracks in America’s disaster response and racial divide, Black Panther director Ryan Coogler is helping to tell the story like it’s never been told before. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker has teamed up with Oscar-winning producers Simon and Jonathan Chinn (Searching for Sugar Man) and director Traci A. Curry (Attica) for Hurri…

Hurricane Katrina Displaced a Generation — and Led to a Renaissance in Houston

HOUSTON — On a recent Sunday afternoon, tears welled in Sharon Becnel’s eyes as she heard her now 34-year-old daughter reminisce about the scrapbook she lost to Hurricane Katrina.  Inside the pages were Ronisha Johnson’s childhood dreams of becoming an actress and winning a big case as a lawyer. She had only packed for a weekend, not thinking she would need to take her beloved childhood memories. “I didn’t realize whatever that last time was I w…

BLK ALERTS - Ryan Coogler’s New Series Exposes the Real Story of Katrina & America

Source: Walt Disney Company / Walt Disney Company Two decades after Hurricane Katrina drowned New Orleans and exposed deep cracks in America’s disaster response and racial divide, Black Panther director Ryan Coogler is helping to tell the story like it’s never been told before. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker has teamed up with Oscar-winning producers Simon and Jonathan Chinn (Searching for Sugar Man) and director Traci A. Curry (Attica) for Hurri…