In 2005 after Hurricane Katrina, documentary film maker Lisa Payton set out after the aftermath to collect some footage. While walking through the “lower ninth ward” a particularly devastated and underprivileged area, Payton met Herbert Gertridge, an 82-year old man living in New Orleans. Payton was immediately drawn to Gertridge, and he soon became the muse of much of her work. Her documentary shifted towards following Gertridge as he struggled to get government support to help get him through his loss...
Herbert had a hard time leaving his home due to the fact that has lived in that home for over 50 years. He lived with no electricity or running water but that did not stop this man to fix the place that he called home. Gertridge’s tale is sadly all too common, and the documentary is truly symbolic of this New Orleans was completely destroyed & the city had to displace 500,000 people during the reconstruction.
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