The old man and the storm

The Resource The old man and the storm
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The old man and the storm
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PBS ; a Faith Project production for WGBH/Frontline and the Independent Television Service ; WGBH Boston
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Language
eng
Summary
Herbert and Lydia Gettridge raised nine children in the Lower Ninth Ward. Their house, which Mr. Gettridge built on land he purchased in 1943, took on 10 feet of water when the levees breached. Five of their children who owned homes in New Orleans also lost everything. Over the year and a half that reporter June Cross follows him, Mr. Gettridge battles with the city, the insurance company, and the bureaucracy of the state-run Road Home homeowner assistance program. In June 2008, Lydia Gettridge came home, but her return was bittersweet. By sheer force of will, Mr. Gettridge had managed to rebuild their home of more than 65 years. Would he do it over again? "I'm kind of skeptical about that now," Herbert Gettridge replies. "Once upon a time, I could answer that question in a split second for you; I can't do that now."
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TEFMT
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videorecording
Credits note
Editor, Robert Salsbury ; director of photography, John Baynard ; reporter / researchers, Andrea De Marco, Jennifer Pritheeva Samuels, Mike Schreiber, E.J. Vega, Greg Gilderman; music, Sohrab Habibion, Michael Hampton, Waldron Ricks ; producers, June Cross, Julia Elliott ; writer, June Cross
Date time place
Originally broadcast by PBS as an episode of the television series Frontline on January 6, 2009
Dewey number
363.34/9220976335
Language note
In English; closed-captioned
PerformerNote
Reported by June Cross; commentators, Herbert Gettridge, Gale Gettridge-Branon, Cheryl Gettridge-Steele, Cyntrelle Kapinus, Jed Horne, Donald Powell, Sean Reilly, Leonard Gettridge, Jeffrey Rouse, Walter Leger Jr
Runtime
60
Technique
live action

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