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Hurricane Katrina | Katrina Babies with Filmmaker Edward Buckles Jr. | 5

2023/9/12
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Edward Buckles Jr. discusses his experiences as a 13-year-old during Hurricane Katrina and how it inspired his documentary, Katrina Babies, which explores the lasting impact of the hurricane on the youth of New Orleans.

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As Hurricane Katrina approached New Orleans, 13-year-old Edward Buckles, Jr. piled into a car with his family and evacuated. They drove for hours on clogged roads, and slept on a shelter floor that night. When Edward woke up the next morning and saw news reports of his city under water, he began to realize that the life he had known was gone. Today, Edward joins Host Cassie De Pecol to discuss his HBO documentary, Katrina Babies, which looks at the toll the hurricane took on the youth of New Orleans.

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