Chat Transcript for Come Hell or High Water

1 Page 1 Chat Transcript for come hell or high WaterCome hell or high Water : The Battle for Turkey Creek - 84min 0secScreening Date:April 29, 2014 8:00pm Eastern TimeURL: :36:44 PMhello?- Derrick7:36:59 PMHey there Cousin Derrick!!!- Mark W. LaSalle7:37:18 PMHi Derrick, Leah and Leslie!- Sharon Wong7:37:39 PM1 Haha. I m on time and maybe EARLY!- Derrick7:37:57 PM1 Miracles do happen!- Leah7:38:00 PM1 Hello All- Derrick7:38:14 PMGlad to have all of you on board tonight for WORLD s first broadcast and online Sharon Wong7:38:39 PMHello I hail from Hattiesburg, MS. Thank you both for sharing this story!- Nkrumah7:38:43 PMHi Brentin! Didn t see you Sharon Wong7:39:04 PMIs there any way that I can work with you to have a screening in the Hattiesburg area?

2 - Nkrumahpage 27:39:36 PMAlright! South Mississippi in the (chat) house!!!- Derrick7:40:11 PMOf course and trying to recruit a few friends!- Nkrumah7:40:14 PMYes! Connections being made to spread the Sharon Wong7:41:01 PM1 Great idea. Probably with USM and some others too? We ll connect later about that- Derrick7:42:54 PMD -looking in and looking out. Lum- Tim Lum7:43:42 PMDerrick I work at USM and can set that up- Nkrumah7:44:34 PMI see ya Lum. Thanks for joining- Derrick7:46:20 PM2 The countdown more Sharon Wong7:48:02 PM2 Not too long to wait after 13 Leah7:48:48 PM2 After tonite, For those who haven t seen them, please check out 1.

3 Bridge the Gulf, 2. Brentin Mock srecent Grist articles about the Gulf Coast, and 3. the Daily Show with Jon Stewart s "Bird Like Me",featuring Turkey Creek and chat participant Mark LaSalle- Derrick7:50:00 PM1 And the Teaching Resources on the come hell or high Water film Leahpage 37:50:32 PM1 Bridge the Gulf: Sharon Wong7:50:59 PMYes. "Each one teach one, or 1,001"- Derrick7:51:33 PM1 Brentin s 4/18 Grist article: Sharon Wong7:53:23 all of this wonderful history will be front and center as The Nature Conservancy, Audubon, TurkeyCreek Community Initiative and their many partners dig into a comprehensive watershed planning processthanks to an Early Restoration Grant provided through MDEQ and the National Fish & WildlifeFoundation.

4 All focused on Turkey Creek and eight other urban streams across the MS Gulf and onwards on the shoulders of the great folks in "The Creek" :)- Mark W. LaSalle7:54:06 PMExcited for this screening, thank you for hosting!- Jonathan Remple7:54:13 PM1 Daily Show video with Mark LaSalle: Sharon Wong7:54:17 PMHi Leah, Derrick, Brentin and Sharon! Welcome Leslie!- Monika7:54:51 PM1Hi Monika, Thank you WORLD and America ReFramed for making this happen!- Leah7:54:52 PMHi- Derrick7:54:57 PMOh wow, I m on. I didn t realize- Bepage 47:55:05 PMHi Leah, Greetings from Massachusetts!- Greg7:55:25 PMGreg Watson! Welcome!- Leah7:55:40 PMOh good, I thought this was a video chat.

5 Relieved you all won t see me cry then when certain parts Be7:56:26 PM1 There s an emoticon for that Brentin- Monika7:57:14 PMAll this info is Awesome Mark! I m a budding environmentalist and would love to get involved!- Nkrumah7:58:43 PM1 You re IN Nkrumah !!!- Mark W. LaSalle7:59:42 PM1 This screening and chat is a great way to wrap up Earth Day/Week even though we should be protectingthe planet everyday- Sharon Wong8:00:26 PM1 Welcome to WORLD Channel s Watch Together, Chat Together premiere of come hell or high Water : TheBattle for Turkey Creek from our documentary series, America ReFramed. Joining us for the conversationis CHHW s director Leah Mahan; the film s subject, Derrick Evans; journalist Brentin Mock; and LeslieFields of the Sierra Club.

6 Let s welcome them!- Sharon Wong8:00:39 PMWelcome!- Monika8:01:05 PMwelcome!- Chrispage 58:01:21 PMThank you all !!!- Mark W. LaSalle8:01:50 PMTonight, we will be screening the film as well as the post-film conversation between Derrick, Brentin andAmerica ReFramed host, Natasha Del Toro. Let s start come hell or high Water : The Battle for TurkeyCreek now. And the floor is open for questions and comments, including personal experiences of living in atown affected by development and/or disaster like the community of Turkey Sharon Wong8:01:58 PM2 Hello everyone!- Leslie Fields8:02:12 PMHow do I get the film to begin- Anonymous XGDL8:02:16 PMDoes it start automatically?

7 It s after 8PM here in the Anonymous UL718:02:30 PMNow it s working :)- Anonymous XGDL8:02:37 PMWhassup LF!- Derrick8:03:02 PMYes, here too! :)- Anonymous UL718:03:03 PMThe stream will begin in Sharon Wong8:03:50 PMThis was also the " come hell or high Water " shoot - the studio flooded when we filmed this promo!- Monikapage 68:04:50 PM3 LOVE this wonderful Woman !- Mark W. LaSalle8:06:22 PM1I miss the elders and so thankful for their Leah8:06:43 PMHas it started yet, because it s not streaming- Mike8:06:55 PM1 Such a powerful Sharon Wong8:06:57 PMYou captured their stories right here Leah- Mark W. LaSalle8:07:18 PM1 Thank you Derrick Hodge for the perfect score (in my opinion).

8 - Leah8:07:26 PMIf anyone s having trouble with the video: try refreshing the browser, or using Firefox or Chrome- Jonathan Remple8:07:49 PMThanks for jumping in with the answer, Sharon Wong8:07:54 PMChrome works great, streaming Anonymous UL718:08:02 PM2 Miss Eva is watching right now from home!. Cous n Dozier Hines is watching from Heaven- Derrick8:08:24 PM1 Leah and Derrick, you guys were really cute back in the 1990s- Janepage 78:08:40 PM2"Racism is not just a function of ignorance. If it was, it could be just educated away." -- Lawd Derrick is agenius- Be8:09:00 PMI ve been to that airport many times!- Nkrumah8:09:26 PM2 Wow, it s incredible how long this film has been in the works!

9 - jeremito8:10:04 PMDerrick: You ve wanted to tell the story of Turkey Creek and its people for a time. Why was 2001 the righttime?- Sharon Wong8:10:46 PMWhat an Honor for you Cousin Derrick- Mark W. LaSalle8:11:45 PMI know for my part Derrick and I talked for a long while about heading to Mississippi and I d just finishedmy film Sweet Old Song in 2001 when we finally headed there on his Christmas Leah8:11:56 PMTHIS. This is the history we need to hear - about the resilience and autonomy of freed men and women inthe Reconstruction Monika8:12:00 PMGreat archival, Jenifer8:12:04 PM1and the Turkeys are still there !!!- Mark W. LaSalle8:13:00 PMThat was also when the mortality rate for TC elders began to climb due old age, and when the cemetery etcgot redevolpoed- Derrickpage 88:13:04 PM1 Derrick s family and my amazing coproducer and editor Jane Greenberg are the ones to thank for thearchival photos and Leah8:13:22 PMAmazing documentation of the history of Turkey Creek and its residents- Sharon Wong8:13:30 PM1 After the show, check out more about the creosote plant legacy on the ITVS website.

10 We made a shortcompanion Jane8:13:56 PMJane: Send us the link if you can- Sharon Wong8:14:17 PM1 Rev Tartt was my childhood pastor- Derrick8:14:29 Jane8:14:54 PM400 - All cousins! Lol- Derrick8:15:41 PMI have met a couple of younger "Cousins" that Derrick has helped to inspire to keep this story .. and theCreek alive and well- Mark W. LaSalle8:16:04 PMDoes anyone know what the age breakdown of Turkey Creek s population is?- Sharon Wong8:16:44 PMIs Miss Eva still alive?- Anonymous UL71page 98:17:17 PMAlso, These apartment buildings flooded to the 2nd floor during Katrina - Bad placement?- Derrick8:17:30 PMThis is the most troubling part of this story.