Heads and tales: Past present
By Wade Kwon
One nation under Katrina: Black and White has a remarkable two-part feature on the struggle of Mississippi and Louisiana to recover a year after Hurricane Katrina. Part 1 shows the forgotten places along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, where towns such as Pearlington waited up to six weeks just for disaster teams to arrive. Part 2 focuses on New Orleans, where federal dollars are caught in bureaucratic nonsense, musicians have fled from total devastation, and the local alt-weekly has made a surprising comeback.
• One Year Later [Black and White]
An enduring society: A century-old Southside home is getting the HGTV treatment. “If Walls Could Talk …” profiles an arts-and-crafts house that has served as meeting headquarters for the Birmingham chapter of the American Federated Women’s Club for decades. Current owner Bob McKenna has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars renovating the place, and leases it to the ladies for their five-times-weekly meetings. It airs again 5:30 p.m. Friday.
• The Stories They Would Tell [Black and White]
The war at home: An assistant professor of graphic design at Samford University has brought home his views of Iraq. Scott Fisk, who also serves as an Army Reserve combat photographer, has an exhibit, “Iraq: 05-06, A Photographic Journey” at Wright Center at Samford University. Fisk is typically embedded with American and Iraqi units during combat. The free exhibit is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays through Sept. 28.
• At the Galleries [Black and White]
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