Southeastern film on Manchac swamp selected for international film festival
Contact: Christina Chapple
8/17/06
HAMMOND – “The Manchac Swamp: Man-made Disaster in Search of Resolution,” a film produced by Southeastern Louisiana University’s Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies, has been selected to appear in the New York International Film Festival.
The film, which details the historical degradation of the Manchac Swamp ecosystem, received an “Excellent” rating from the festival nominating committee, and will compete for the “Best Overall” award in the docu-drama category, said the center’s director, Samuel C. Hyde Jr., Southeastern’s Ford Endowed Chair in Regional Studies.
He said the film will be shown at the Laemmle Fairfax Theater in Hollywood on September 17 as part of the festival lineup and will air statewide on September 3 on Louisiana Public Broadcasting channels. It also was will be reviewed in a forthcoming edition of the Seattle-based Association for Environmental History newsletter.
Written and produced by Hyde, the film, which debuted locally last April, was the product of more than two years of research conducted by the center staff through grants from the university’s Lake Pontchartrain Basin Research Program and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Center Assistant Director Keith M. Finley helped research the film, which was directed by Southeastern history faculty member Charles N. Elliott. Butch and Kirk Lee of Vivid Video coordinated camera work and post-production with assistance from L. E. Wallace Productions.More News...
