Five Years After Katrina
Studio 360 checks in on the rebuilding of New Orleans, five years after Katrina. Kurt talks to urban planners who have followed every step of the city’s recovery, and New Orleans residents tell their own rebuilding stories. Connie Britton reveals the secret to playing a mother, wife, and high school principal on the television show “Friday Night Lights.” And punk rock’s “godmother” Patti Smith talks about a documentary on her life that’s been 11 years in the making.
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