Film Review

The name of the film that I am reviewing is My Louisiana Love. This is a documentary that was published on May 20, 2017 directed by Sharon Linezo Hong  and produced by Sharon Linezo Hong, Julie Mallozzi, and Monique Michelle Verdin. The documentary is about an hour long story illustrating the change brought to the environment and indigenous communities before and after Katrina by a woman who her and her family actually live in the community. It shows the effect that industry standings have on people from lower standings. Sharon Hong is shown going through a day to day life with her family and the struggles that they have to go through before Katrina with the oil and gas companies and pipelines. I don’t think I really know how to feel about this film yet. The content and the emotion in the film was gray, however I also think it was a bit much.

The opening of this documentary is of a young girl's life and as she grows older she sees the changes that has happened to the land where she lives and she tries to inform more people of the situation. This documentary is specifically told from the point of view from people in the community who have been first hand affected by these pipelines in their own backyards. As the documentary progresses the clear and present dangers in these communities become more and more relevant up until hurricane Katrina hits and the community is trying to rebuilding. The angels in this film are up close and personal similarly to the experience and hardship that these people go through throughout the documentary. I like the fact that the film focuses solely on the perspective of the people mainly affected.

The director achieves her purpose through pushing emotional experience that hurts her community and the fact that she is trying to help. I believe that the music in this documentary is very effective because as the story progresses the music gets more sorrowful and intense. This documentary is strong in the transitions from people, events, and time, however it could improve in messing with people’s emotions because I was uninterested and kind of upset when her father decided against taking medicine and when Mark Krasnoff decided to kill himself . My overall response to the film is that while its long, it still is really persuasive and informative. I would recommend this film to others because it helps in understanding the impact of oil industries on communities and why we shouldn't allow this in our communities.

The impression that this film left with me is that it is imperative that we hold the people who actually are responsible for climate change accountable for what they have done. I would want people to know that they should be emotionally ready before watching this film. I would grade this film as an A. The film gets an A because while it is helps in understanding the fault that oil and gas companies don’t get for destroying people’s health, livelihood, and communities . I found the film interesting but after Mark Krasnoff killed himself I didn’t want to watch anymore of it.