Everyone check out my cousin Michael Dunaway’s documentary, The Man Who Ate New Orleans. The film is about a pastor who came to New Orleans after Katrina to help rebuild, and ended up staying. He is on a mission to eat at all 603 restaurants in NOLA. All proceeds from the film go to rebuilding efforts. They have gottens some media attention from ABC and Fox, and are trying to keep the momentum going. If you are looking for a great story, look no further. Read in Michaels’ own words:
Perfect Katrina interview – Emmy winner Natalia Livingston and more for The Man Who Ate New Orleans documentary!
With the five year anniversary week of Katrina upon us, wouldn’t it be helpful to have a piece of actually NEW news, an uplifting New Orleans story with some star power as well???
Emmy winner Natalia Livington (Producer), Michael Dunaway(Producer/Director), and Ray Cannata (doc subject) are all available for interviews about The Man Who Ate New Orleans, a doc about a NewJersey pastor who moved his family to New Orleans AFTER Katrina to help rebuild, fell in love with the city, and decided to become the FIRST person in history to eat at ALL 603 restaurants in town (he’s at 591 currently). We’ve got a great team assembled, including an EMMY winner, an OSCAR nominee (Morgan Spurlock), and two James Beard award winners. Our big “Last Supper” event will be hosted by the great John Besh and will be attended by many of the greatest chefs in NOLA. All the proceeds from the film go to continue REBUILDING the city. Last week we were the TOP STORY on abcnews.com for about six hours: http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/conversation-eating-orleans-11411906
The sizzle reel is at http://vimeo.com/13919319. Password is “crawfish”
Our times are booking quickly so give me a call ASAP; we’d love to work you into the schedule!
Thanks,
Michael Dunaway
478/320-7547 478/320-7547
www.themanwhoateneworleans.com
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/conversation-eating-orleans-11411906
“The Man Who Ate New Orleans” Bullet Point Summary
● Perfect tie in to 5 year anniversary of Katrina (late Aug/early Sep)– uplifting human interest story of a private citizen making a difference and making history at the same time.
● Documentary is about a New Jersey pastor who moved to New Orleans AFTER Katrina to help rebuild the city.
● He is about to finish his quest to become the first person in history to eat at every one of the 603 restaurants in New Orleans!● In the five years since Katrina, he has rebuilt over 500 homes in New Orleans.
● Themes are the two most beautiful aspects of New Orleans –celebration and community — played out through food, music (Kermit Ruffins, Rebirth Brass Band, etc), and rebuilding.
● Great partners; co-branded as a Paste Magazine Film, Exec Producer is James Beard-winning chef (top culinary award in the USA), and
Producer is Emmy Award winning actress; Advisory Board includes MorganSpurlock (Supersize Me), Scott Teems (That Evening Sun), Travis Fine(The Space Between), and Karin Hayes (The Kidnapping of Ingrid Betancourt).
● All proceeds from film will benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina.
If you know someone that might like this story, please share!
Take care of yourselves and each other,
Katie
