March 2010

Fall 1895. Isaac leaves Poland with his new wife Esther, bound for Palestine. This is Aliyah - exodus to the Promised Land. But arrival brings crushing disappointment. Esther turns out cold, distant. The landscape hostile. The dream of a new homeland starts crumbling the moment they set foot on shore. What Isaac imagined and what awaits him couldn't be further apart.

Zola Jackson is old. A former teacher forced into retirement because she "scared the children." Lives alone with her dog Lady in a wrecked neighborhood of New Orleans. Year 2005. Hurricane Katrina is about to hit. What follows is survival, loss, and the brutal reality of being forgotten by a city that's already moved on.