Katrina Media Fellowships

Filmmakers

To complete a documentary, five years in the works, that focuses on Tremé, a historic New Orleans neighborhood that was home to one of the oldest, wealthiest, and most politically active black communities in the country during slavery. They will trace Katrina’s impact on the residents, local character, racial composition, and identity of the neighborhood.

Logdson has over fifteen years of experience working on documentaries about social justice and history. She has produced and directed two award-winning short documentaries, Tomboy and Theresa, which have screened at festivals worldwide and aired on local PBS stations. Logsdon is also a nationally acclaimed editor who has worked on award-winning projects that were broadcast on PBS, HBO, and Channel Four in England. She also edited the Academy Award–nominated The Weather Underground. She was awarded fellowships from the Louisiana Division of the Arts and the California Arts Council. Logsdon was raised in New Orleans and relocated to California after Hurricane Katrina hit.

Elie is a national award-winning metro columnist and accomplished author. For the past five years, he has worked as a Metro Columnist for The Times-Picayune, where he has published several columns advocating for the rights of displaced New Orleanians, cultural and historical preservation, and his own vision of a reconstructed city. He is currently working on several documentaries about New Orleans food, and is writing a book on the enduring legacy of the slave trade on two continents. As a producer for the Smithsonian Institute’s Jazz Oral History Project, Elie conducted interviews with many of New Orleans’ elder jazz musicians. He and his family live in the Tremé and have become key figures in the area’s cultural renaissance.

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