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From New Orleans to Salt Lake City, Desert Bayou explores lives of Katrina evacuees
(February 25 review of the DVD, from the McClatchy Newspapers)
Desert Bayou is a feature-length post-Hurricane Katrina documentary directed by Alex LeMay and produced by Percy "Master P" Miller about what happened to 600 African-Americans made homeless by the flood who were air-lifted out of New Orleans and flown to ... Utah. Read More» Subscribe to Desert Bayou News

Desert Bayou DVD

Available on DVD February 19th. Order now!
February 14, 2008
Available on DVD February 19th! Vivid and thoughtful and speaks volumes about one of the most disturbing episodes in recent American history. - Gary Goldstein, Reel.com "Makes a fitting sequel to Spike Lee's opus WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE." - Lisa Katzman,Village Voice Read More» Subscribe to Desert Bayou News

Desert Bayou Among Elite Group Of Nominees For This Year’s NAACP Image Awards.

DVD Release Date Anounced
January 11, 2008
This year, over 1,200 entries were received. From those entries, a special committee of 300 industry professionals and NAACP leaders from across the country selected five nominees in each of 44 categories. Desert Bayou has been nominated along side some of this years most heralded documentaries. Read More» Subscribe to Desert Bayou News

The 39th NAACP Image Award Nominations

Top films include American Gangster, Talk to Me and Desert Bayou
Posted: Tue., Jan. 8, 2008, 10:45am PT
The 39th NAACP Image Award Nominations Top films include American Gangster, Talk to Me and Desert Bayou Read More» Subscribe to Desert Bayou News

’Desert Bayou’: Life after Katrina

Interview with Alex LeMay
November 1, 2007
The Clarion-Ledger recently spoke to director LeMay from his home in Chicago, as Desert Bayou is set to open at the Northpark 14 theater in Ridgeland on Friday. Read More» Subscribe to Desert Bayou News

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Monday, October 29th
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Recent Blog Posts

Makes Me Glad I Dropped Out.

Comments to Blog Posting on Sideways Mencken
November 1, 2007
I'm going to agree about 80% with blogfriend Pastor Jeff, and disagree 20%. Read More» Subscribe to Guest Blogs

Don’t Forget the Promises Made After Katrina

By Alex LeMay
October 5, 2007
Would you ever have believed we could so quickly forget Katrina? A little more than two years have passed since the storm blew out of the Gulf to hammer the coast and drown New Orleans. Two years and change. And have we forgotten? As a country, yes, we have. Read More» Subscribe to Filmmaker’s Blog

Fear, Hope, Joy and Redemption

by Mike Reynolds
October 2, 2007
On September 27th we premiered Desert Bayou at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Like any filmmaker, I was frankly nervous. I had complete confidence in the movie we had made but still, you never know for sure until you sit and watch it with an audience. The reaction was, in a word, amazing. Read More» Subscribe to Guest Blogs

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