Film screening followed by discussion with four UCSC professors:
Larry Andrews - Associate Professor, Film & Digital Media
Derek Murray - Assistant Professor, History of Art and Visual Culture
Soraya Murray - Assistant Professor, Film & Digital Media
Eric Porter - Professor, American Studies, History, and History of Consciousness
Presented by the Center for Documentary Arts and Research
Hurricane Katrina and the ensuing aftermath destroyed Noel's community and home. He is rebuilding, and as he rebuilds, he evokes the past through the enlistment of his personal archives. His memories are complicated by the tragic events that occurred on the Danziger Bridge on September 4, 2005. As Noel reflects back on what has been lost, the story that he tells about his neighborhood is affected by the story of innocent people gunned down while attempting to cross a bridge in search of safety. For Noel their plight clarifies many things. He is performing his story, motivated by a collection of photographs that prompt him to recount events from his past and present. An implied author performs Noel who then performs others, who themselves are performing with varying degrees of self-consciousness. In this manner a performative documentary comes into being (49 min., 2013)
Free and open to the public.