Global Voices

A Village Called Versailles

Season 6 Episode 13 | 54m 22s  | Video has closed captioning.

Tucked away on the eastern edge of New Orleans, a community of Vietnamese refugees has thrived for 30 years in a neighborhood they call Versailles. <i>A Village Called Versailles</i> recounts how the residents successfully fought against the opening of a toxic government-imposed landfill after Hurricane Katrina struck and subsequently transformed their neighborhood.