Professor Hanson Hosein

A UW professor and a UW graduate each premiered documentaries last month that focus on Hurricane Katrina and its long-term effects on New Orleans. Communication Professor Hanson Hosein takes a look at small-business owners struggling to rebuild in Independent America: Rising from Ruins. And UW alumnus Rustin Thompson, '81, together with his wife, Ann Hedreen, trained their lens on a group of Seattle volunteers helping to rebuild the Blessed Seelos Catholic Church in The Church on Dauphine Street.

Also see:

• University Week: "'Rising from Ruins': UW filmmaker traces recovery struggle"
• The Seattle Times: "Local filmmakers capture the people helping to rebuild New Orleans"