Forced Change
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Forced Change
Director: Rennik Soholt Run time: 70 minutes Release Date: 08-02-2022 | SRP: $24.95 | CAT#: PRDVD4960 | UPC: 672975894856
Genres: Documentary, Environment
Logline:
Forced Change is a feature documentary that tells four stories of people who left New Orleans because of Hurricane Katrina, and never returned. |
Synopsis:
An in-depth look at 4 stories of people who left New Orleans because of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and never returned. This 14-year epic investigates why they left, why they didn’t return and how they are still deeply affected close to 15 years after the greatest natural disaster in American history changed their lives forever.
An in-depth look at 4 stories of people who left New Orleans because of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and never returned. This 14-year epic investigates why they left, why they didn’t return and how they are still deeply affected close to 15 years after the greatest natural disaster in American history changed their lives forever.
Awards:
Winner! Austin International Art Festival 2021
Winner! Best Feature Documentary, Big Apple Film Festival 2019
Winner! Best Feature Documentary/Audience Award, Riverside International Film Festival 2020
Winner! Best Feature Documentary, Southern States Indie FanFilmFest 2020
Winner! Best Documentary, Fullshot Cine Mag Fest
Winner! Best Feature Film, Toronto Documentary Feature & Short Film Festival 2021
Winner! Best Director of a Documentary Feature, International Independent Film Awards 2021
Winner! Best Documentary Feature, International Independent Film Awards 2021
Winner! Documentary Feature Social/Economic Issues, WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival 2020
Winner! Cinematography, International Independent Film Awards 2021
Winner! Best Feature Documentary, Big Apple Film Festival 2019
Winner! Best Feature Documentary/Audience Award, Riverside International Film Festival 2020
Winner! Best Feature Documentary, Southern States Indie FanFilmFest 2020
Winner! Best Documentary, Fullshot Cine Mag Fest
Winner! Best Feature Film, Toronto Documentary Feature & Short Film Festival 2021
Winner! Best Director of a Documentary Feature, International Independent Film Awards 2021
Winner! Best Documentary Feature, International Independent Film Awards 2021
Winner! Documentary Feature Social/Economic Issues, WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival 2020
Winner! Cinematography, International Independent Film Awards 2021
Press:
‘Forced Change’ Documents Residents Who Left New Orleans After Katrina And Never Returned
- Forbes
'I just miss home': Two stories of life after Katrina
- PBS
"...reminds us of Katrina, comments on the impermanence of life, and warns of the effects of climate change in the short span of these stories of lives irrevocably altered."
- Film Threat
“Rennik’s piece is different, looking at the storm’s personal impact. It fits in perfectly, following coverage Saturday of critically important issues of health care, education and economic recovery. Rennik let the people tell their stories in their own words.”
-Scott Davis, PBS NewsHour Weekend producer
"This is a documentary about the meaning of 'home.' As Soholt saw it, it was a story he could not deny."
- Channel Nonfiction
- Forbes
'I just miss home': Two stories of life after Katrina
- PBS
"...reminds us of Katrina, comments on the impermanence of life, and warns of the effects of climate change in the short span of these stories of lives irrevocably altered."
- Film Threat
“Rennik’s piece is different, looking at the storm’s personal impact. It fits in perfectly, following coverage Saturday of critically important issues of health care, education and economic recovery. Rennik let the people tell their stories in their own words.”
-Scott Davis, PBS NewsHour Weekend producer
"This is a documentary about the meaning of 'home.' As Soholt saw it, it was a story he could not deny."
- Channel Nonfiction