South of Ten

PARATUS A 20th Anniversary Special

2025

A look back 20 years ago, on the challenges Coast Guard air crews and rescue swimmers had to overcome in New Orleans, to successfully rescue thousands of people in need following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Hurricane on the Bayou

2006

The film "Hurricane on the Bayou" is about the wetlands of Louisiana before and after Hurricane Katrina.

Welcome to New Orleans

A touching documentary about a city that has lost hope, and about one man's fight to bring it back.

Big Charity: The Death of America's Oldest Hospital

2014

This documentary film includes never-before-seen footage and exclusive interviews to tell the story of Charity Hospital, from its roots to its controversial closing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. From the firsthand accounts of healthcare providers and hospital employees who withstood the storm inside the hospital, to interviews with key players involved in the closing of Charity and the opening of New Orleans’ newest hospital, “Big Charity” shares the untold, true story around its closure and sheds new light on the sacrifices made for the sake of progress.

No Place Like Home

2007

Filmed in roughly one month between the end of October and the beginning of December 2005, the film is an honest portrayal of Jac Currie’s life after Katrina and one of his first trips back to the Gulf Coast after being stranded in New York. It shows Defend New Orleans’ transition to a valid social aid project and documents some of the destruction in New Orleans and on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Closed for Storm

2020

The story of Six Flags New Orleans, a theme park devastated by Hurricane Katrina that has become a holy grail of sorts for urban exploration and the efforts to restore the park to its former glory.

Katrina Babies

2022

A first-person account of the short-term and long-term devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, as told by young people who were between the ages of 3 and 19 when the levees broke.

The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

2009

In this revealing program, noted author and economic activist Naomi Klein offers a lecture and a candid interview in which she expounds on the ideas at the heart of her best-selling book.