New Orleans pained, proud of Katrina documentary

NEW ORLEANS - They came from down the block and from hours away to see director Spike Lee's view of how Hurricane Katrina changed their lives, and New Orleanians were sad and proud of what they viewed.

'Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans? We do,' Gerry Carter said early on Thursday after joining thousands who watched the premiere of Lee's film 'When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts.'

'It opened up old wounds -- I was scared to go in,' said Carter, who has not yet returned from evacuation and is living in Baton Rouge.

The scars of Katrina are still evident in many parts of New Orleans. Entire neighborhoods await cleanup, much less rebuilding, since the storm swept in nearly a year ago. It flooded 80 percent of the city and killed 1,336 in the region.