Still Standing provides an intimate portrait of the challenges faced by Hurricane Katrina survivors six months after the storm. Ms. Gertrude is a determined grandmother struggling to return home and rebuild. Her story reveals all-too familiar issues in urban American communities: the neglect of poor and minority neighborhoods, the inadequacy of public assistance to provide long-term solutions, and the struggles necessary to bring about positive change.

About EVC

The Educational Video Center is a non-profit youth media organization dedicated to teaching documentary video as a means to develop the artistic, critical literacy, and career skills of young people, while nurturing their idealism and commitment to social change.

Documentary Workshop is an 18-week credit-bearing course providing 50 public high school students from underserved communities across New York City with an introduction to video production.

Youth Organizers Television (YO-TV) is a ten-month pre-professional internship that offers graduates from EVC’s Documentary Workshop the opportunity to hone their documentary production and career skills.

External Education Programs provide workshops in video and EVC’s teaching methodology to middle and high school teachers, after-school educators, and their students.

Community Engagement promotes civic engagement around critical social issues through the distribution of EVC’s youth-produced documentaries in partnership with schools and community organizations.