What: Manifested Miracles, the brainchild of Riva La Voy. Her vision for an organization to help women was made possible after a car accident left her partially paralyzed, but gave her the financial resources to start Manifested Miracles.
Film by: UNO student and filmmaker Christopher Rapp
Editor’s Note: NolaVie partners with students of UNO professor László Zsolt Fülöp, pairing them with artists, non-profits, environmental groups, and cultural entities to facilitate a live curriculum that results in a short documentary. In this short dod, Christopher Rapp, a film student in the Department of Film and Theatre at University of New Orleans, sat down with Riva La Voy to ask about the group’s motto: Rebuilding lives, one miracle at a time.
For those looking to donate or to read more about Manifested Miracles and its success stories, visit manifestedmiracles.com.
The Film and Theatre Department of UNO and NolaVie present this series of short films produced by the students in Laszlo Fulop’s documentary class. Read Renee Peck’s column about the program here.
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