so the wind won't blow it all away
Category: Documentary Short
Year: 2008
Run Time: 9:00
Director: Annie Waldman
A powerful documentary that tells the stories of three teenagers living on their own in New Orleans, two years after Hurricane Katrina. Waldman discusses balancing her desire to help her subjects with the need to stay at arm's length as a filmmaker, and reveals how the filmmaking process boosted the confidence of her subjects.
Screenings: Sundance, Cinereach, San Diego Women's Film Festival. St. Louis International Film Festival, San Francisco Documentary Film Festival
