In August 2006, almost one year after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, survivors sit down and talk about their experiences of fighting for survival in the days following the disaster and how their lives have progressed since returning to New Orleans. Providing accounts of living in a city whose populace has largely been forgotten, the survivors give a stinging description of a slow reconstruction process that is ignoring the human cost of rebuilding. Down But Not Out shows the people directly affected by the fallout from Hurricane Katrina, and lets those who experienced it tell the stories themselves.
