corvan jenee wallace. the little girl, her first time acting.he director, his first feature at 29 years of age. and all of this goodness has come out. >> for me, personally, living in the new orleans area, living in the region, we have to go through these things. we used to always have to go through the possibility of evacuating, the possibility of losing their homes, loved ones, business. we show our resiliency, and the same type of resiliency that these people have. they refused to leave the things that they love more than a thing in life. i brought a certain rayless from the movie being from that area. they tried to bring in outside professional actors to do this part, but it didn't feel right because they never went through these things that we go through living in that region. that was one of the things that helped the director choose me because i go through a lot of these things living in the region. >> how did this happen for you? take your time telling the story. >> it is a long story. first i hold a bakery called henri's bakery right ac