Surrounded By Water

[@MsRhondaRandy]

New Orleans is one of the greatest cities I know of as far as musicians go. They LOVE & RESPECT the industry with mad love here! The Clubowners keep the bands and solo acts working , as well as taking a corner around Bourbon street and set up a speaker and mic and have at it! Too bad it keeps flooding like it does. I've been working on and off here since the late 80's and I love the city and the people. Add all of the tourists and you have one hell of a party from Monday to Sunday! Any racism was ALWAYS ignored in my set.

[@kentcourtney5535]

Excellent work, Walter. I’m so glad your series of films are on KZbin. These are a valuable resource and you are contributing to awareness of our city!

[@lukepeita7026]

Great insight thank you I don't know how they don't teach this in school it's a travesty not to know excellent and informative 👍😃

[@CocoKickz94]

Believe it or not I was taught this in school, I wanna say around 7th or 8th grade. Louisiana History with Mrs. Fauriés, haven’t thought about that woman in years. You couldn’t have asked for a better Person to teach the History of Louisiana.

[@neworleanssaealumniassociation]

Outstanding video. Absolutely fabulous work.

[@eb8681]

“You have to come to terms with paradox and dilemma” Yessir😩😂

[@phoenixjim0527]

2008 “Surrounded By Water, produced by Walter Williams, examines the roles the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain have played in New Orleans’s economic, social, and cultural development, while reflecting upon the effects that the city’s expansion has had upon the bodies of water themselves. 2008 • 30 minutes”

[@phoenixjim0527]

27:22 When he’s talking about losing a metropolitan area - well, America is adept at telling its cities to eff off. Detroit is the best example, followed by many rust belt cities. :: Documentary is from 2008, and governments actually have done a lot to give N Orleans 100-year-event flood protection during the past 13 years.

[@davidchance534]

neat video , thank you !

[@nmmonaco]

What’s the music playing in the background !???

[@MOBBing740]

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[@zafirahcoleman4905]

Houma =Terrebonne Parish.

[@normanwandsworth]

I realise this film is 9 years old, but who in their right mind would want to abandon one of the most culturally significant places in the entire world? Thankfully the Obama administration spent $15 billion on restoring the levies and flood defences of New Orleans. One thing I would say is if there is as so much trade and commerce is going through New Orleans which I assume means a great deal of revenue being generated, it would be beneficial if Louisiana contributed more revenue in tax to Federal coffers. One can't help but wonder why such a huge financial engine gets so much more in Federal funding than they put in? I suspect it has something to do with the cultural inheritance of their Latin predecessors finding ways to avoid their financial responsibilities. I only say this as I love this place very much and I know this state quite well and I understand the mentality. But if you don't want to be cancelled from history, there are things each Louisianan can do to prevent it.

[@phoenixjim0527]

While it is insignificant, the documentary was made in 2008 (13 years) not 2012 (9 years). Just being a geek.

[@benjaminingram2107]

That still don't answer why build it on land the lowest below sea in the world.

[@victorparker308]

Because the city when originally settled was not below sea level. Even today with centuries of subsidence most of it is still marginally above mean sea level.

[@ClassicBeautee]

"African immigrants here under duress"?? Just say slaves, slavery, enslavement... don't be ashamed now.

[@victorparker308]

As a black man who's heritage in New Orleans & the Gulf Coast goes back centuries I couldn't care less about terminologies. Slavery is a universal human condition that dates from the beginnings of human history and continues today. Remember not only whites but blacks, native americans, and yankee northerners owned slaves during antebellum times. We all need to recognize our collective history, get past snowflake hurt feelings, and get about making a successful society in the times we all live in today.

[@simplytheresaskiles100]

Victor Parker --' NIGGA PLEASE !!!

[@stevencarrier2466]

@@victorparker308 Bravo!

[@tiffprendergast]

Victor Parker yup

[@tiffprendergast]

ClassicBeautee yup

[@truthtellerbelievethat1813]

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