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Desert Bayou

As a makeshift community forms on a distant military base, 600 Hurricane Katrina evacuees from New Orleans must confront the harsh realities of race, poverty, and social inequality as they struggle to rebuild their lives.

The movie Desert Bayou explores the complexities of race, poverty, politics, and religion as 600 Hurricane Katrina evacuees from New Orleans are relocated to a remote military base in Utah, leading to a series of astonishing interactions with government officials, the military, local residents, and a Jewish rabbi.

Info about Desert Bayou

Studio(s): Taproot Productions LLC, Third Coast Media Group

Originally Released: United States, Oct 05, 2007

Budget: $180,000.00

Genres:Documentary