My Louisiana Love (2015)

My Louisiana Love follows a young Native American woman Monique Verdin as she returns to Southeast Louisiana to reunite with her Houma Indian family But soon she sees that her peoples traditional way of life fishing trapping and hunting these fragile wetlands is threatened by a cycle of manmade environmental crises As Louisiana is devastated by Hurricane Katrina and Rita and then the BP oil leak Monique finds herself turning to environmental activism She documents her familys struggle to stay close to the land despite the cycle of disasters and the rapidly disappearing coastline The film looks at the complex and uneven relationship between the oil industry and the indigenous community of the Mississippi Delta In this intimate documentary portrait Monique must overcome the loss of her house her father and her partner and redefine the meaning of home Her story is both unique and frighteningly familiar