[StBernard] Always a good time for good news

[Westley Annis]

	                          June 27, 2009
	
	I am delighted to announce that our very own Matt Faust of St.
Bernard Parish has won the prize for best short documentary at New York's
prestigious Tribeca Film Festival!
	
	Many of you will recognize the haunting scene with the little girl
and her beach ball standing on her ruined Chalmette lawn from our Public
Service Announcement a year ago.
	
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	In announcing the award, the five-person Tribeca shorts jury which
included MSNBC commentator Rachel Maddow wrote,
	
	"This touching short artistically combines the aesthetic and the
emotional in its portrayal of home and its memories. It tells a
post-Hurricane Katrina story in a new, inventive and poignant way." 
	
	Congratulations, Matt!  Levees.org always believed in you.
	
	Sandy Rosenthal
	Founder, Levees.org
	www.levees.org
	
	Click here for more on Faust and the Tribeca Festival.
	http://delicious.com/leveesorg
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