Independent America: Rising from Ruins shows a version of post-Katrina New Orleans we haven’t seen yet, taking a hard yet hopeful look at the risks and rewards of small business ownership in the days, months and years since the disaster. It depicts locals coming home to resurrect their businesses and neighborhoods along with both the expected and unexpected challenges they face from all sides - including their own city government and big box retail.

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The film received the Patois Award for Best Feature at the New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival in April 2009, and was an Official Selection of the Seattle International Film Festival in Seattle, Washington. Join the Independent American community, and tell us Where Do You Stand? Check out our media coverage and reviews.