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Hurricane Katrina`s Volunteers Honored in Documentary

Pre-production has recently been announced by TaskForce Entertainment on a new television documentary recalling the heroic efforts of emergency service volunteers who responded to Hurricane Katrina. Lou Angeli, director of this documentary program, has previously directed and produced `Answering The Call: Ground Zero`s Volunteers` which has witnessed wide acclaim.

As a filmmaker, Lou Angeli specializes in producing documentaries and programming dealing with disasters and emergency response. His first, California?s 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, was followed by stories dealing with Hurricane Andrew, The Northridge Earthquake, The Great Flood 1993 and the Oklahoma City Bombing. The new documentary will be completed by the first anniversary of the storm and will be offered to broadcasters, cable programmers, as well as other digital media outlets.

The still untitled feature length documentary picks up as the devastating hurricane sweeps through the Gulf States, leaving behind destruction and death to an area the size of Great Britain. Shortly after the storm passed, thousands of volunteers from throughout the nation quickly responded to cities and towns along the Gulf Coast to lend a helping hand. They were followed by tens of thousands of others from the US and abroad. For the filmmaker, the most compelling story that Katrina offers is that of human spirit. `We learned the lesson at Ground Zero that volunteers are crucial to any disaster response.` Angeli explains, `The same spirit that energized those 9/11 volunteers, guided the 100,000 plus volunteers who responded to Katrina.`