My Louisiana Love

Monique Verdin, one of the artists featured in THNOC’s P.4 display, will introduce a screening of her film “My Louisiana Love,” The film follows Verdin, a young Native American woman, as she returns to Southeast Louisiana to reunite with her Houma Indian family. She soon sees that her people’s traditional way of life—fishing, trapping and hunting—is threatened by a cycle of man-made environmental crises. As Louisiana is devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and then the BP oil spill, Verdin turns to environmental activism and documents her family’s struggle to stay close to the land despite the cycle of disasters and the rapidly disappearing coastline. Verdin will take questions from the audience following the screening, and her P.4 display, also titled “My Louisiana Love,” will be open before and after the 2 pm screening. 2 pm. Free, reservations encouraged. wrc@hnoc.org or (504) 523-4662.