- Walking on Dead Fish
Walking on Dead Fish
"Walking on Dead Fish" is a 2008
independent film by first time Americandirector ,producer , andwriter Franklin Martin. It is a heart feltdocumentary about a small town high school football team and its "displaced players" who are thrown together by the powerful winds and floods ofHurricane Katrina . It is executive produced by Franklin Martin, Stan Cassio, andTerry Bradshaw ; who also narrates the documentary.Film Content
"Walking on Dead Fish" tells the story of the
East St. John Wildcats, a small-town high school football team that looks within to brave the adversity delivered byHurricane Katrina .Located just 15 miles west of
New Orleans , the tiny town ofLa Place escaped the cruel flooding of its neighbor only to suffer a different kind offlood , the overnight influx of 20,000 displacedhurricane victims . Its under-funded high school, East St. John, took in 450 displaced students and 20 of them joined the football team. With their first two games already cancelled, the Wildcats and their 20 new teammates take the field against rivalHahnville despite being short on equipment and practice time and wearing both home and away jerseys.Can teenage boys blown together by the winds of Katrina overcome the tragedy of losing their homes and school? Can kids with vastly different racial, economic and religious backgrounds co-exist?
View the recovery of the worst natural disaster in our country’s history through the eyes of a group of 16 year-old boys forced to become men. In doing so, they unite a devastated school and lift the spirit of a broken community. More than football and more than Katrina, "Walking on Dead Fish" is a testament to the will of young men who put “we” before “me.”
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