“The Axe in the Attic”
Ethics Film Series
February 24, 2009

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, filmmakers Ed Pincus and Lucia Small embark on a sixty-day road trip to meet and document evacuees who have lost their homes. This powerful account captures the realities and complexities of displacement and the challenges of loss and recovery.

(Lucia Small, Ed Pincus, 2007, 110 min.)

Post-film discussion was led by filmmakers Ed Pincus and Lucia Small.

This event was cosponsored by the Film/Video/Digital Department and the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.