The Contraflow Project

09/19/2016

Posting TCP updates soon...

08/21/2015

https://twitter.com/theContraflow/status/634813173787414528

“The two early morning shootings during Katrina that change the world. "THE EVENTS OF 9/1: A KATRINA ESSAY" http://t.co/MFrpcR40kc”

08/21/2015

http://thecontraflow.org/2015/08/07/a-katrina-heptalogy/

As the ten year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina nears on August 29, 2015, I’d like to take this time to update the responders on where my research stands today. It's been a honor to have worked ten non-stop years on this project. However, if someone would have told me on September 7, 2005, the

08/21/2015

I recently posted the following blog as I found myself thinking about the hundreds upon hundreds of interview I conducted. Because of the unique circumstances, which I'll share when my own story comes out; anyways my interview with the then 82nd Airborne Commanding Officer Lt. Gen. William Caldwell in May '09 stands out. "ALL THE WAY!"
http://thecontraflow.org/2015/08/05/zero-notice-82nd-airborne-katrina-response/

Over the past ten years, I have had the privilege of interviewing some amazing and awesome Hurricane Katrina heroes; from the highest levels of the military to lowest below sea level New Orleans neighborhood responders. Every interaction has been special to me. However, if I had to select a

08/21/2015

When I arrived in New Orleans ten years ago, it was the saddest place on earth; in my opinion. Even so, the people were so resilient. I had faith that the city that is loved throughout the world would come back. New Orleans! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KD9sRN520B0

This is a sampling of thousands of minutes of footage shot by Michael Woods in New Orleans, mostly during the repopulation period of between Veteran's Day (1...

05/31/2014

http://www.emsworld.com/article/10712458/national-first-responder-appreciation-day

Spurred by a school shooting, a Colorado man wants to see Sept. 27 recognized as National First Responder Appreciation Day.

04/17/2014

http://thecontraflow.org/2014/04/17/groundhog-day-ja-vu/

As I think back on the past five years, I am reminded of the '93 movie Groundhog Day starring Bill Murray; a philosophical comedy film about a weatherman who finds himself reliving the same day over and over. A fictional misanthropic TV meteorologist Phil Connors gets wiser and wiser about the

05/15/2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIxUrR1XGaQ&feature=youtu.be

This particular 2nd Line takes place every Mother's Day in the city of New Orleans, a city like no other in the United States. It is rich in culture, good ta...

04/22/2013

http://www.nola.com/movies/index.ssf/2013/04/will_smiths_post-katrina_film.html

Project reportedly moved off back burner, back in active development for Sony

02/03/2013

HAPPY SUPER BOWL SUNDAY!!!!

01/21/2013

We are in the process of reconstructing TheContraflow.org website. In the meantime we have created a temporary webpage on the Afromation Highway's site: http://afromation.org/home/the-contraflow-project/

On 1.13.13, we pulled down (TCP) The Contraflow Project‘s website to begin work on a new site. In the interim, visitors are being forwarded to this temporary webpage during the reconstruction phase. Afromation Highway is a sister project to TCP, both under the fiscal sponsorship of Contraflow Inc.’s...

11/04/2012

SANDY!!!