Washing Away: Losing Louisiana (2006)

In the Fall of 2005, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita churned ashore and wreaked havoc upon the already endangered coastline of Louisiana. Washing Away: Losing Louisiana tells the stories of six Louisianans and how the storms affected the coastline, their land and their livelihoods.

A 2006 documentary chronicling the lives of six Louisianans as they struggle to rebuild their lives in the year following Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. The Louisianans are: Kerry St. Pe of Raceland, a marine biologist and the director of the Barataria Terrebonne National Estuary Program; Marlon Horton of New Orleans, a bounce artist known as “10th Ward Buck”; Errol Domingue of Erath, a third generation farmer; Preston Dore of Delcambre, a shrimper and owner of Seafood Express Restaurant; Ted Falgout of Larose, an alligator farmer and the director of Port Fourchon; and Leah Chase of New Orleans, a chef and co-owner of Dooky Chase’s Restaurant. The documentary also focuses on Louisiana’s lack of natural defenses against hurricanes due to the erosion of a large portion of its wetlands and barrier islands, as well as the impact of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita on the state’s agriculture, seafood, and oil and gas industries. Narrator: Susan Sarandon

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