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Since Katrina made landfall, the research team leaders, Lori Peek and Kate Browne, have been interviewed and/or featured in the news by various media outlets. Below, you will find links to many of these
newspaper and radio interviews. Reviews of the documentary film have also appeared in a number of journals cited below.
Click on the topic you are interested in below, or scroll down the page to see the complete list.
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“After the Disaster” The Christian Science Monitor. November 17, 2005. NEW ORLEANS - After the rumbles of an earthquake, the winds of a hurricane, or the waves of a flood, first
responders lay claim to the most dramatic jobs. But quick on the heels of relief workers come the disaster researchers - people who leave the ivory tower of academia and head to the scene, hoping their analyses can improve people's lives the next time calamity strikes…
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1117/p14s01-sten.html
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“CSU Professor Reflects on Hurricane Katrina’s Lingering Impact”
KUSA Channel 9 News (Denver). Interview with Kate Browne by Thanh Truong about Still Waiting documentary. Broadcast twice, August 29, 2007. FORT COLLINS - With the mountains and dry air, Fort Collins and Colorado State
University are a stark contrast to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region…
http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=76349
“CSU Professor Produces Katrina Documentary”
Colorado Public Radio. 12-minute feature interview with Kate Browne by Ryan Warner for “Colorado Matters.” Broadcast August 27, 2007.
http://www.kcfr.org/cgi-bin/comatters/
comatters_play.m3u?play=3357&type=comatters.m3u
“Life After Katrina”
KERA Public Radio (Dallas, Texas) One-hour broadcast interview with Still Waiting director, Ginny Martin, and family member, Janie Johnson. KERA “Think.” August 28, 2007.
Live, 2-hour interview with Kate Browne. KRFC Community Radio. September 2007.
“National Disaster Preparedness Conference to Focus on Human Security Strategies.”
Church World Service. March 22, 2006. PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY - In the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, a March 25 national disaster preparedness forum featuring leading U.S. scholars, field personnel,
and faith community responders will focus on human security, the needs of vulnerable populations, and challenges posed by natural disasters, technological disasters and bioterrorism…
http://www.churchworldservice.org/news/archives/
2006/03/423.html
“CSU Documentary Assesses Katrina’s Effect on People”
Rocky Mountain News. August 28, 2006.
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/
0,1299,DRMN_15_4950904,00.html
“Documentary Logs Katrina Aftermath”
The Denver Post. August 19, 2007 Sunday, Denver & the West. By Kieran Nicholson, Denver Post Staff Writer. DENVER - A Colorado State University professor followed the exodus of a family to Texas after the 2005 hurricane,
and family members' eventual return to New Orleans…
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_6659474
“Katrina Documentary to Premiere in N.O.”
New Orleans Times-Picayune. July 27, 2007 Friday, LAGNIAPPE; Mike Scott, Movie writer. For article and blog responses, see:
http://blog.nola.com/living/2007/07/katrina_documentary
_to_premier.html
“St. Bernard Family the Face of the Storm: Documentary Captures the Hope and Heartbreak of Return Home”
New Orleans Times Picayune. Sunday, July 29, 2007. By Paul Rioux
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/
index.ssf?/base/news-23/1185691623167740.xml&coll=1
“Dallas Resident Looms Large in Post-Katrina Doc”
Fort Worth Star Telegram. August 26, 2007. Robert Philpot, Star-Telegram staff writer Although she’s on a conference call with a lot of background noise, it’s hard to miss the emotion and frustration in Connie Tipado’s
voice…
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-32721533_ITM
“Film Recounts Family’s Struggle Since Katrina”
Dallas Morning News. August 28, 2007. By Chris Vognar.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/
stories/DN-stillwaiting_0828gl.State.Edition1.2082bdd.html
“Myth America: Hurricane Katrina Evacuees Have Enough Woes Without Battling Stereotypes”
Denver Westword. August 31, 2006. By Patricia Calhoun. DENVER – Disaster is Lori Peek’s specialty. When Hurricane Katrina struck, she was fresh from the University of Colorado, where she’d earned her Ph.D. with a thesis on 9/11, and just beginning her first semester as an assistant sociology professor at Colorado State University…
http://www.westword.com/2006-08-31/news/myth-america/
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“Panelist: The Worst is Yet to Come”
Longmont Times Call. January 31, 2008. By Pamela Dickman. FORT COLLINS - Assistant sociology professor Lori Peek stood in front of an audience of students and community members and pointed to pictures of adults wading
through chest-deep water and starving children…
http://www.timescall.com/Local-Story.asp?ID=6238
“Lecture Highlights Environmental Issues”
Loveland Reporter-Herald. January 31, 2008. By Pamela Dickman. FORT COLLINS - Assistant sociology professor Lori Peek stood in front of an audience of students and community members and pointed to pictures of adults wading through chest-deep water and starving children…
http://69.59.180.86/news_story.asp?ID=14653
“Rebuilding New Orleans: CSU Experts Talk about the Storm and Its Aftermath”
Rocky Mountain Collegian. February 19, 2007. By Bob Shipton.
http://www.collegian.com/home/index.cfm?event=
displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=25fc3fb1-2855-46dc-98f3-8cf4774a27ed
“Film Documents Affects Katrina has on Families”
Fort Collins Coloradoan. August 30, 2007. By Stacy Nick. FORT COLLINS - What would you do if a natural disaster destroyed your entire way of life? That's the question Colorado State University professor of anthropology
Kate Browne poses ...
“Katrina Special Airs on PBS”
Fort Collins Coloradoan. August 24, 2007. FORT COLLINS - “‘Still Waiting,’ a documentary produced in part by Kate Browne, professor of anthropology at Colorado State University, will air at 8 p.m., Tuesday on KRMA…
“Documentary Chronicles Katrina Family” Fort Collins Coloradoan. August 24, 2007. FORT COLLINS - Nearly two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the South, a new documentary
co-produced by a Colorado State University anthropology professor tells the story of one family struggling to recover…
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“Imperative to Stay Connected to Katrina Victims” by Katherine E. Browne.
The Denver Post. August 24, 2007.
http://www.denverpost.com/guestcommentary/ci_6700463
“Browne: The Aftermath of Katrina” by Katherine E. Browne.
Austin American-Statesman TX. August 23, 2007.
http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/editorial/
stories/08/23/23/23/0824browne_edit.html
“Americans are Tired of Thinking about Katrina” by Kate Browne.
Rocky Mountain Collegian. August 29, 2007
http://media.www.collegian.com/media/storage/paper864/
news/2007/08/29/Opinion/Americans.Are.Tired.Of.Thinking.
About.Katrina-2941308.shtml
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“Do You Know What It Means to Myth New Orleans?”
The Independent Weekly. August 22, 2006. By Katy Reckdahl. NEW ORLEANS - Callers to the New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau don’t know basic facts about post-Katrina New Orleans. “Do you have
electricity yet?” they ask. “Is the water safe to drink? Will I get sick from breathing the air?” Others imply that there is still standing water in parts of the city…
http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2006-08-22/cover_story3.php
“Post-Katrina, Still Waiting”
Religion in American History. February 10, 2008. By Art Remillard.
http://usreligion.blogspot.com/2008/02/post-katrina-still-waiting.html
“Life After Katrina”
The Nubian Message. By Mallory Richardson, News Writer.
http://www.ncsu.edu/nubian/
“Documentary ‘Life After Katrina’ to air on Dallas’ KERA-TV at 8 p.m. Tuesday: Katherine Browne talks about making the documentary” SMU Website Newsroom:
http://www.smu.edu/newsinfo/stories/katrina-aftermath-27aug2007.asp
“SMU Alumna Captures ‘Life After Katrina’”
http://smu.edu/newsinfo/stories/kate-browne-katrina-documentary.asp
“Still Waiting Explores Roots and Resilience in a Family of 150 Displaced by Hurricane Katrina”
FORT COLLINS - Targeted News Service, August 15, 2007 Wednesday 10:17 AM EST
http://www.newsinfo.colostate.edu/index.asp?page=news
_item_display&news_item_id=462017935
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“Still Waiting: Life After Katrina”
Short article about documentary film featured on National Science Foundation homepage in October-December 2007. Current posting on Now Showing: Film, TV, Museums and More page.
http://www.nsf.gov/news/now_showing/tv/life_after
_katrina.jsp
“Working as an Ethnographer/Filmmaker Team” by Kate Browne.
Anthropology News. Monthly publication of American Anthropological Association. November 2006.
http://www.anthrosource.net/doi/abs/10.1525/
an.2006.47.8.63.2
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Colorado State University Publications
“Spotlight on Research in Liberal Arts”
Colorado State University College of Liberal Arts Magazine
http://www.libarts.colostate.edu/development/news/
07Fall.pdf
“Colorado State Researcher is Guest Editor of Journal that Explores Children’s Experiences in Natural Disasters”
Colorado State University News Release. April 29, 2008.
http://www.newsinfo.colostate.edu/index.asp?url=news
_item_display&news_item_id=853204772
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Reviews of Still Waiting: Life After Katrina
Booklist
Still Waiting: Life after Katrina. By: Mandel, Elliot. Booklist, 2/1/2008, Vol. 104 Issue 11, p68, 1p; (AN 29989043). Full text below:
This program sheds light on the startling reality facing one extended African American Creole family who were forced to sift through the wreckage of their homes and ponder their future following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Connie, Katie, and Janie--sisters and matriarchs of the 155-member Tipado family of St. Bernard Parish--describe how the family evacuated to Connie's home in Dallas, where they found refuge and a
semblance of community in the months immediately following the destruction. The film follows various family members as they return to Louisiana to face the rubble. Though family members take comfort in familiar
surroundings, local foods, and strong faith, they find the reality of rebuilding uncovers painful questions about the future and familial bonds. This intimate portrait gives faces and voices to displaced and returning New
Orleanians who face isolation, renewed racial prejudice, and government bureaucracy in their earnest attempts to rebuild.--Elliot Mandel
Library Journal
Still Waiting: Life After Katrina. By: Budlong, Tom. Library Journal, 5/15/2008, Vol. 133 Issue 9, p135-136, 2p, 1c; (AN 32079452). Full text below:
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/
CA6557379.html?industryid=47110
Broadcast on over 200 PBS stations in 2007, Still Waiting tracks the horrendous impact of Hurricane Katrina through the experiences of members of one African American/Creole family. This unusually tight-knit group of 155
members originally lived in and around the community of Violet in St. Bernard Parish, just outside New Orleans. The entire parish was inundated by 5'-12' of water. Family member Connie Tipado, who had previously relocated
to Dallas, ended up hosting 155 people. The film focuses on several strong women in the family, including Katie, who refuses to let her spirits fall in the face of such overwhelming adversity, and Janie, who is deeply
demoralized by her losses. We learn why these people have such deep and abiding connections to their family, history, and bayou culture. They struggle to adapt to a different culture in Texas, and then, as some move back
home, they must deal with rebuilding their lives in a place that has been permanently altered. This heartwarming and moving story puts viewers in touch with the personal human dimensions of a tragedy as well as reminding
us of our government's failures in helping the people of the New Orleans area to rebuild their communities and lives. This remarkable documentary is highly recommended for all collections.
Video Librarian
Still Waiting: Life After Katrina. By: J. Wadland. March/April 2008. Vol 23, Issue 2.(2007) 58 min. Subscription only access. Full text below:
In Still Waiting: Life After Katrina, members of an extended African-American family (with 155 related individuals, all told) from Saint Bernard Parish share their experiences related to the ongoing catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina. Filmmaker Ginny Martin began following the family soon after they sought refuge in Dallas, conducting intimate interviews over a year and half, during which the interviewees reveal their hopes and fears
as they struggle to maintain a sense of community. At first, the family gathers regularly in the backyard of Connie Tipado—who opened her home to as many as 48 of the relatives in need—where they visit and exchange
information, eat Creole cooking, and long for home. When they do return to Saint Bernard several months later, however, the initial feelings of elation quickly give way to frustration: jobs for African-Americans remain
scarce, most churches and schools are still closed, and any chance for government assistance beyond FEMA trailers is concealed beneath layers of bureaucratic red tape. Professors from the University of New Orleans, along
with a local historian and a newspaper columnist, talk about the history of the parish, the significance and strength of Creole culture, and the continuing negative effects of Katrina, including how the lack of a
coordinated government response adversely affects families trying to rebuild social networks. A thoughtful, heartfelt portrait of one strong family—which serves as an apt reminder that even though the media has moved on,
Katrina is still having a major impact on people’s lives—this is recommended. Aud: H, C, P. (J. Wadland)
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