E-mail a friendMay 30, 2007
Right to Return: New Home Movies from the Lower 9th Ward: in Part 3, "Holy Cross Summer," Jonathan Demme and Tavis visit with New Orleans resident Carolyn Parker and her young adult children, Rashaan and Kyrah Julian.
Carolyn Parker
Carolyn Parker
"All the neighborhoods for New Orleanians are in shambles, still." (2:29)
Carolyn Parker is a pioneer in returning to the Lower 9th Ward's Holy Cross neighborhood. She's an outspoken advocate of New Orleanians' being able to reclaim their homes. Parker received national attention when she declared, to an urban planning panel, that the city would raze her home "over my dead body…I didn't die with Katrina." Her young adult children, Rashaan and Kyrah Julian, are also trying to rebuild their lives.
