My Louisiana Love Film and Q&A

Please join the Indigenous Faculty and Staff Affinity Group, Indigenous Student Group, EDI Office, CIL, CPS, SPHTM, Newcomb Institute, Disaster Recovery Leadership Academy, and Social Work for a screening of My Louisiana Love and conversation with filmmaker Monique Verdin.

My Louisiana Love traces a young woman’s quest to find a place in her Native American community as it reels from decades of environmental degradation. Monique Verdin returns to Southeast Louisiana to reunite with her Houma Indian family. But soon she sees that her people’s traditional way of life is threatened by a cycle of man-made environmental crises. Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil leak are just the latest rounds in this century-old cycle that is forcing Monique’s clan to adapt in new ways. Monique must overcome the loss of her house, her father, and her partner – and redefine the meaning of home.

Directed by Sharon Linezo Hong