I'm Carolyn Parker

Name: I'm Carolyn Parker
Genre: Documentary
Released: September 14, 2012
Rating: 63

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Caruso / Mendelsohn Productions | Release Date: September 14, 2012 | Not Rated

Summary: Carolyn Parker was the last to leave her neighborhood when a mandatory evacuation order was decreed as Hurricane Katrina approached New Orleans in the summer of 2005. After the flood waters subsided, Mrs. Parker was the first resident to return to her now flood-devastated community with what many thought was the "impossible dream" ofCarolyn Parker was the last to leave her neighborhood when a mandatory evacuation order was decreed as Hurricane Katrina approached New Orleans in the summer of 2005. After the flood waters subsided, Mrs. Parker was the first resident to return to her now flood-devastated community with what many thought was the "impossible dream" of bringing her ruined home back to life. I'm Carolyn Parker: The Good, the Mad, and the Beautiful is the portrait of an "ordinary family" who banded together under extraordinary circumstances, and reclaimed their home. (Caruso/Mendelsohn Productions)
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Director: Jonathan Demme

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

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A.O. Scott

Sep 12, 2012

Jacobs, the great 20th-century philosopher-evangelist of urban life, would surely recognize this retired restaurant cook, a resident of the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans and the subject of Jonathan Demme's marvelous new documentary, as an indispensable "public character." Read full review

Keith Uhlich

Sep 11, 2012

A cut above most nonfiction explorations of Katrina, thanks to the ever-empathetic Demme's talent for showcasing the uniquely human qualities of every person he films. Read full review

Joseph Jon Lanthier

Sep 11, 2012

What keeps the documentary from lapsing entirely into a generic human-interest story superficially peppered with local color is, oddly enough, the slowness with which Parker's goals are achieved. Read full review

The Playlist Kevin Jagernauth

Sep 20, 2012

I'm Carolyn Parker isn't so much a movie title, as a "Spartacus"-like shout that, if we all embraced, would make us a better people and country. Read full review

Simon Abrams

Sep 11, 2012

In both "The Agronomist" and here, Demme looks at real people defined by their civic-mindedness and explores their politics biographically. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Sep 13, 2012

There may be a lot left to say about Hurricane Katrina, but if so, I'm Carolyn Parker doesn't say it. Read full review

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