[StBernard] StBP Documentary

[Westley Annis]

Firstly, thank you for caring so much about our plight. What I wish we could
express is the Herculean effort that our citizens are putting forth
individually; its like giving birth and being in labor for who knows how
long? Also the effect it has on the psyche. We seem to come back for a
while, then migrate somewhere sane, regroup, comeback, work somemore like
geese! But it is very expensive. It is taking every dime we have to try to
rebuild and so far, there has been little assistance from the government;
its totally a grassroots effort. That is a reality show. Mudpie 



	----- Original Message -----
	
	Greetings St Bernard Parish and friends, 
	
	Myra Spence from Do Your Part, Inc. here. I am writing to share a
little bit 
	about a series of documentaries coming out of StBP's. Our first
documentary 
	was released in January and very well received. The second has been
shot and 
	will be released mid March. Already I can't wait to do the third
taking on 
	some heavier topics. (www.doyourpart.org/documentaries.html) 
	
	Adam and I just completed the filming of the second documentary.
This one's 
	focus is on recruiting more volunteers for the Parish. It will be 
	distributed strategically and widely (unlike the last) to 3,000
churches 
	across the nation with over 1,000 in attendance. Those churches will
be 
	asked to distribute throughout their community and to the smaller
churches. 
	In addition, we will be strategically getting this doc into the
hands of 
	every college, starting with the top and working our way on down to
the 
	community colleges. We will be sending this to Fortune 500 Companies
as well 
	as government representatives and so on... In addition, the Internet
will be 
	saturated with this documentary, reminding the nation that the
residents of 
	St Bernard Parish want to come home, and they need help! 
	
	I am anxious to get the 3rd documentary rolling, as it will cover a
wider 
	perspective and take on some heavier issues. 
	
	Backing up a little... 
	About the first documentary: We did not 'push' this one as we would
have 
	liked to, however it managed to get itself into the hands of tens of

	thousands all on it's own. Al Gores site, Current TV requested to
host it. 
	We will submit the next two to them. 
	
	Can I brag? 
	Aside from hundreds of emails of thanks as well as kudos for having
an 
	apolitical, not out for shock value, real peek into StBP, we have
received 
	honorary screenings at festivals around the country and countless
reviews. 
	This is an excerpt from the Independent Weekly 
	(http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A30026).