Trouble the water

Trouble the water - 1 videodisc (96 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2008.

Special features: Extended and deleted scenes (ca. 19 min.) ; Q&A segments from: Roger Ebert Film Festival -- New Orleans community premiere -- DNC: Kim meets her mayor (ca. 41 min. total) ; original theatrical trailer.

Directed by Carl Deal and Tia Lessin ; produced by Trouble the Water Directed by Carl Deal and Tia Lessin ; produced by Trouble the Water

Michael Brown, George W. Bush, Julie Chen

This documentary takes the viewer inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never seen on screen. Incorporating 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 weave this insider's view of Katrina with a devastating protrait of the hurricane's aftermath. Trouble the Water takes audiences on a journey that is by turns heart-stopping, infuriating, inspiring and empowering. It is not only about the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina, but about the underlying issues that remained when the flood waters receded -- failing public schools, record high levels of incarceration, poverty, structural racism and lack of government accountability


DVD


In English ; optional Spanish subtitles ; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

Winner of the Grand Jury Prized at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and nominated, Best Documentary Feature at the 2009 Academy Awards

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Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Personal narratives.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Social aspects--Louisiana--New Orleans.
Women rap musicians--Louisiana--New Orleans--Biography.
African American women--Louisiana--New Orleans--Biography.
Disaster victims--Louisiana--New Orleans--Biography.


New Orleans (La.)--Social conditions--21st century.
New Orleans (La.)--History.


Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.