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Trouble the Water (2008)
Directed by Tia Lessin, Carl Deal
“It's not about a hurricane. It's about America.”
Documentary · 1h 33m
"Trouble the Water" takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on screen. The film opens the day before the storm makes landfall--just blocks away from the French Quarter but far from the New Orleans that most tourists knew. Kimberly Rivers Roberts, an aspiring rap artist, is turning her new video camera on herself and her Ninth Ward neighbors trapped in the city. Weaving an insider's view of Katrina with a mix of verité and in-your-face filmmaking, it is a redemptive tale of self-described street hustlers who become heroes--two unforgettable people who survive the storm and then seize a chance for a new beginning.
Cast
George W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
Julie Chen
Self - Reporter (archive footage)
Shepard Smith
Self (voice) (archive sound)
Crew
- Director
- Tia Lessin, Carl Deal
- Director of Photography
- PJ Raval, Kimberly Rivers Roberts
- Original Music Composer
- Neil Davidge, Robert Del Naja
- Editor
- Woody Richman
- Producer
- Tia Lessin, Carl Deal
Details
- Release date
- 2008-01-20
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Elsewhere Films, Louverture Films