Review of Mine (1991) by Craig M — 19 Feb 2011

At first, I was not sure I would be able to watch this. I am an avid animal lover and have volunteered in shelters since young adulthood. Having adopted from a shelter (RIP, Widget El Greco Copperpot, Esq), I couldn't imaging the emotional roller coaster of being asked to give my dog back to the returned owner 3-4 years after the adoption. And that is exactly the story that plays out here for hundreds of thousands of families, evacuees and victims of Hurricane Katrina.

This documentary does many things right: not one interviewee is set up as the bad guy, for there are no bad guys here -- just animal lovers. Additionally, unlike most documentaries, the filmmakers do an amazing job of offering multiple viewpoints for and creating conflicting emotions within the viewer. Just when you think you have figured out how you feel, another part of the story is revealed.

Whether you are a native of or lover of New Orleans, an animal lover, a historian or just a documentary lover, this is another amazing chapter in the collosal infrastructure debacle that was Katrina and is not to be missed.