Can't Stop the Water

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Can't Stop the Water (2013)

Directed by Rebecca Marshall, Jason Ferris

Documentary · 30m

For 170 years, a Native American community has occupied Isle de Jean Charles, a tiny island deep in the bayous of Louisiana. They have fished, hunted, and lived off the land. Now the land that has sustained them for generations is vanishing before their eyes. Coastal erosion, sea level rise, and increasing storms are overwhelming the island. Over the last fifty years, Isle de Jean Charles has been gradually shrinking, and it is now almost gone. For these Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indians, their land is more than simply a place to live. It is the epicenter of their people and traditions. They now must prepare to say goodbye to the place, where, for eight generations, their ancestors cultivated a unique part of Louisiana culture.

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Cast

D
Denecia Billiot Self
W
Wenceslaus Billiot Self
C
Chris Brunet Self
H
Hilton Chiasson Self
F
Faye Danos Self
E
Edison Dardar Self
E
Elizabeth Dardar Self
E
Ernest Dardar Self
R
Robert Jeff Dardar Self
T
Timmy Dardar Self
V
Virgil Dardar Self
T
Theresa Brunet Handon Self

Crew

Director
Rebecca Marshall, Jason Ferris
Original Music Composer
Erin O'Hara
Editor
Bryan Gunnar Cole, Fiona Otway
Producer
Rebecca Marshall

Details

Release date
2013-10-13
Runtime
30m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English