As a shocking New Orleans documentary airs on HBO tonight, Phyllis Montana-LeBlanc—bestselling author and gutsy survivor—explains why the city is still drowning.
Phyllis Montana-Leblanc is a Hurricane Katrina survivor. She was featured in Spike Lee's documentary When The Levees Broke and is author of Not Just The Levees Broke: My Story During and After Hurricane Katrina. She is at work on her next memoir, No More Wire Hangers about domestic abuse in teenage relationships.