
Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek (2014)
DVD, 56 minutes
Languages:
English
Personal notes
Evans, DerrickEnvironmental justice -- Mississippi -- Gulfport
African American cemeteries -- Mississippi -- Gulfport
Historic sites -- Mississippi -- Gulfport
Evans, Derrick
African Americans -- Mississippi
Cemeteries -- Mississippi
Urbanization -- Mississippi
Plot outline
Come Hell or High Water follows the painful but inspiring journey of Derrick Evans, a Boston teacher who moves home to coastal Mississippi when the graves of his ancestors are bulldozed to make way for the sprawling city of Gulfport. Over the course of a decade, Derrick and his neighbors stand up to powerful corporate interests and politicians and face ordeals that include Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil disaster in their struggle for self-determination and environmental justice.