SoLa Louisiana Water Stories with Jon Bowermaster

Jon Bowermaster went to Louisiana in 2008 to make a film about water. He was nearly finished with SoLa Louisiana Water Stories when the Gulf Oil disaster took him and most folks in Louisiana and the world by surprise. He edited it into his unique film about a beautiful, precious place and culture that has suffered a disastrous ecological attack, which has subsequently been compounded by BP's response which continues to this day to threaten this region.

Everywhere in Southern Louisiana there’s water – rivers, bayous, swamps, the Mississippi River, the Gulf of Mexico. And everyone in Cajun Country has a water story, or two or three or more. Its waterways supported the biggest economies in Louisiana – a $63 billion a year oil and gas industry, a $200 million a year fishing business, tourism and recreational sports.