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COMING HOME
By: Sameer Padania
Posted: Oct 5 08
Witnessed: 1609 veces
Regions: United States
Issues: Discrimination, Housing, Natural disasters
Tags: homelessness, housing, Katrina
[Originally uploaded to YouTube by RADA Films at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwxWH0scuxs]
Video project follows public housing rights activist, Sam Jackson, as he struggles to retain his community's right to return home after the Katrina hurricane tragedy.
Zero Evictions Day 2008 Video Festival Submission.
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