***A filmmaker in London would like to talk to you.***

[EFerrari]

"I have just visited your website and listened to the voices of two New Orleans’ residents give their powerful and insightful account of what they experienced during and after Hurricane Katrina.

I am contacting you from a multi-award winning documentary company: Darlow Smithson Productions. We produce high quality factual programmes for broadcasters worldwide, including the BBC, the National Geographic Channel and Discovery Channel. I am attaching our company profile, please also feel free to visit our website: www.darlowsmithson.com

We are currently making a TV series for the Discovery Channel that will look at ordinary people that have acted in an extraordinary and heroic manner particularly in extremely difficult situations or disasters as hurricane Katrina was. I am hoping you may be able to point me in the direction of some articles or any suggestions of organisations, networks, stories or people to contact regarding heroic acts of everday people in challenging circumstances.

We appreciate that the subject matter is a potentially sensitive and difficult area, please be assured that we are committed to tell the rarely heard selfless and extraordinary lengths ordinary people can go to, in order to help and protect the people around them.

Many thanks for your time, I look forward to your reply.

Kind regards

Yasemin
Yasemin Rashit
Researcher
Darlow Smithson Productions "

Please pm me for her email addy.

:toast:

[Up2Late]

1. I wonder if merh and/or Swamp Rat would want to talk to these people?

They seem to have the type of stories these people are looking for, and it would be a great way for those who are still working to recover their life to say, "Hey! We are still here and we still need some help with this disaster!"

Did you want to contact them(Darlow Smithson Productions)?

I'm in Atlanta, so I wasn't directly effected, other than emotionally.

Have you directed them to this DU Group for some people they might try to contact?

[EFerrari]

3. I thought that if members of the forum wanted to return the

email, they could pm me for the info or make their wishes known here. That way, everyone's privacy is more or less respected. :silly:

[mogster]

5. Definitely merh, if she wants to

She's such a good gal :P
And SR also probably has a story to tell, and I'd love to hear it.

[EFerrari]

11. I PM'd Swampy. Let's see what the cat drags in.

:evilgrin:

[Swamp Rat]

16. HA!

Very funny. :eyes:

[EFerrari]

17. Hey, Swampy. Long time no see. Not even a halo.

:)

[uppityperson]

2. this looks interesting, will think of whom I can.

Did you send this to merh and intheflow too?

I am very tired today, just got home from vacation, took about 48 hours to get home (with minimal napping in there). Will think on this more later, and have you pm me address. Thanks.

[EFerrari]

4. Thank you, uppityperson! Have a good rest.

[mogster]

6. Erm.. maybe that site needs an update soon

I seem to have neglected my duties in that respect

Do you think we should put their message on the web site, maybe? You'd have to ask them first, perhaps.

Look, there's a lot that have happened in the media area just the last couple of months regarding online videos. I have a youtube account. We could make that web come alive with videos from youtube, and some new pictures. Perhaps I could hack a news script, to get news published in a more regular manner.

Their film would be a great way of highlighting the ordinary people of the Gulf coast and if they're gonna mention the site, it better be updated recently ;-)
Maybe also Jinnie Trabulsi should be tipped off about this, maybe her photos can be used, and she knows some of the people involved too.

[EFerrari]

8. I'll pm you the contact, mogster.

And by all means, hack away.

:rofl:

[merh]

7. I could give her tons of names.

pmail her email addie - if she wants stories I know folks who have stories to tell.

:hi:

[EFerrari]

9. I'm sure she'd appreciate that!

Better get your comb out. :)

[merh]

10. not me

capturing my image on film equals stealing my soul (that and the camera hates me) ;)

[EFerrari]

12. Maybe you can talk behind a screen or something.

LOl! -- We don't want them talking to REPUBLICANS now, do we?! :shrug:

I hate going on camera, too.

[merh]

13. Like I can afford those extra 10 lbs

;)

[Whoa_Nelly]

19. Offer to be a narrator

You write well. Am sure you can narrate :hi:

[mogster]

18. Not as much as I hate going on cam

LOL!
We should hire somebody to do it

PS. I'm now making additional forums at the site we don't mention. These will provide news feed to katrinaunderground, but will not be visible at KU.

[Up2Late]

14. Maybe they could interview you in the VR world "Second Life"?

You can look anyway you want in Second Life.



They did that last week, on the radio show "The Infinite Mind."

Here's a link if you want to hear it: <http://theinfinitemind.com/mindprgm.htm>

[merh]

15. thank you for the link

I think I will like the VR world, wish I had this link months ago. :hi:

[merh]

20. I emailed the person

and have not heard a word in response.

Just another one that says they are interested but doesn't follow through. :shrug:

Katrina fatigue, they have no idea. x(