The Unbelievers: Burnell Cotlon / 2017 One Screen Documentary Winner
2,206 views · Published 18 October 2017 · 6:26 · Indexed 21 October 2026
Channel: The One Club for Creativity · 2017 · Nonprofits & Activism
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Burnell Colton returned to the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, a neighborhood listed as a food desert by the US Government, to open shops and restore the community one small business at a time. Teaching himself the skills he needed to build businesses himself to stay on a budget, he opened a grocery store, a market, a barbershop, and a laundromat. Colton's story proves you can start with simple changes in your own backyard.
