Award-Winning Documentary "New Orleans: My Home, My Life, My Love" Airs on TV One Sunday, Aug. 27th @ 5:00 PM

Hurricane Katrina Doc airs Sun. 8/27 @ 5 p.m. (EST) TV One commemorates the 1-year anniversary of Katrina and its impact on the community.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) August 26, 2006 -- Heroism is not planned, it's provoked.

In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on one of America's most adored cities, New Orleans. Although the Category 4 storm battered the entire area, its devastation paled in comparison to the citywide flooding that occurred after the levees broke. News networks covered the daily horror, allowing communities across the world to see how miserably a government had failed to protect its citizens. Now, a documentary allows the voices of the people to be heard ---the way they recall the ordeal. New Orleans: My Home, My Life, My Love offers a perspective from the New Orleanians who experienced this catastrophe and now find themselves dealing with dreadfully uncertain futures. Hear the victims of Katrina tell their stories -- -the way they remember the days of horror.

Witness others as they return to New Orleans to attempt rebuilding their shattered lives. Witness a first hand account of ex-marine, John, who saved over 240 residents of an apartment by going into a survival mode. Meet a woman who evacuates 40 disabled clients and creates a home for them in Houston. See Mervyn, the taxi driver, who stayed in New Orleans through the hurricane and now sleeps in his mold infested home. Return to the house of a New Orleans East resident as he rummages through the wreckage. Meet the workers who have returned to New Orleans to gut out homes of fellow citizens. Hear from a black owner of a video store that was trashed and looted. These compelling stories give voice to Katrina's victims as they offer their memories and experiences through one of America's worst natural disasters.

This film reflects accurately, the accounts of a group thrust together and forced to survive by any means necessary. Meet John Keller and learn the true measure of a man; a hero who is tender, yet strong. His drive and ingenuity will astound you. His sensitivity will make you weep. New Orleans, My Home, My Love, My life, winning documentary at the 2006 Houston Black Film Festival, will invoke anger while also making you proud. Get to know John’s heroism in this intimate account of a perilous time in the midst of Hurricane Katrina.

About Ruby Red Inc.

Ruby Red Ruby Red is a full-service television production company located in Los Angeles, Ca. Founded in 2005 by Gina M. Holland and Jamie R. Balthazar, Ruby Red is dedicated to providing original, commercially successful, high quality programs for distribution outlets worldwide. A minority-owned media company, Ruby Red specializes in producing entertaining, inspiring urban and family themed shows. Ruby Red’s productions fill a void, targeting markets largely underserved by other providers, thus creating the company's niche within the industry. Ruby Red’s principals have over 20 years of experience in the television industry, and are skilled in creative, programming, production, and operations. As former senior network executives at BET, NBC, Discovery and BBC America, they possess broad understanding of the business, enabling the company to handle the majority of daily operations internally. Together, Gina Holland and Jamie Balthazar have developed a wide-range of associations with highly skilled professionals and artists throughout the industry. This, coupled with their expertise, enables them to assemble an astounding list of artists, plus outstanding creative teams and production crews.

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Ruby Red are the producers that brought us Comic View series (28 episodes) for BET and they are co- producers of the independent film, “Contradictions of the Heart,” starring Clifton Powell, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Vanessa Williams and Wendy Raquel Robinson.

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