A Documentary About Water, Infrastructure, and the Promises Made to Protect New Orleans

The Promise of Protection is a feature documentary examining the infrastructure, decisions, and generations of promises that have shaped flood protection in New Orleans and Southeast Louisiana.

Directed by Kim M. Braud, the film traces the story of the Industrial Canal and the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Lock through the people and communities that have lived alongside them for generations.

From Hurricane Betsy in 1965 to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the massive flood-protection investments that followed, The Promise of Protection asks a fundamental question: What happens when the infrastructure designed to support a city collides with the infrastructure needed to protect it?