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Come hell or high water : the battle for Turkey Creek
Title
Come hell or high water : the battle for Turkey Creek / a film by Leah Mahan ; producer, director, cinematographer, Leah Mahan ; producer and editor, Jane Greenberg ; a coproduction of Zamler Productions LLC and the Independent Television Service (ITVS) ; produced in association with Mississippi Public Broadcasting.
Publication
[Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2015]
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (56 min.) : digital, sound, color
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Title from title frames.
Originally produced by: Zamler Productions, c2013; previously released in 2014.
Co-editors, William A. Anderson and Dawn Logsdon ; composer, Derrick Hodge.
Closed-captioned.
Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed July 16, 2015).
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Follows the painful but inspiring journey of Derrick Evans, a Boston teacher who moves home to coastal Mississippi when the graves of his ancestors are bulldozed to make way for the sprawling city of Gulfport. Over the course of a decade, Derrick and his neighbors stand up to powerful corporate interests and politicians and face ordeals that include Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil disaster in their struggle for self-determination and environmental justice.
Variant and related titles
Battle for Turkey Creek
Docuseek2. Global environmental justice.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 14, 2021
Credits
Co-editors, William A. Anderson and Dawn Logsdon ; composer, Derrick Hodge.
Performers
Featuring Derrick Evans.
Audience
9 and up.
Videorecording number
bf-chow Docuseek2
Subjects
Genre/Form
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Also listed under
Zamler Productions.
Independent Television Service.
Mississippi Public Broadcasting.
Bullfrog Films.
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