ID #:
113
Film Type:
DVD
Release Date:
2008
Color or BW:
Color and B&W
Description:
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance film Festival and an academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature, this astonishingly powerful documentary takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on screen. Incorporating remarkable home footage shot by Kimberly Rivers Roberts-an aspiring rap artist trapped with her husband in the 9th ward-directors/producers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal (producers of Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine) weave this insider's view of Katrina with a devastating portrait of the hurricane's aftermath. Trouble the Water takes audiences on a journey that is by turns heart stopping, ifuriating, inspiring and empowering. It's not only about the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina, but about the underlying issues that remained when th4e floodwaters receded-falling public schools, record high levels of incarceration, poverty, structural racism and lack of government accountability.
Keywords:
failing public schools, Hurricane Kitrina, Katrina's aftermath, lack of government accountability., poverty, record high levels of incarceration, structural racism
Notes:
Documentary