Trouble the Water
“It's not about a hurricane. It's about America.”
"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.
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11 people
Scott Rogers
Self
George W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
Also in
George W. Bush: The 9/11 Interview
Flight 149: Hostage of War
Michael Brown
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Errand Boy
Bloom
Julie Chen Moonves
Self - Reporter (archive footage)
Also in
Supergirl
I Get That a Lot
Ray Nagin
Self (archive footage)
Brian Nobles
Self
Wink Rivers
Self
Scott Roberts
Self
Larry Sims
Self - Resident
Shepard Smith
Self (voice) (archive sound)
Also in
Volcano
Christmas In Florida
Kimberly Rivers Roberts
Self
Tia Lessin Director · Carl Deal Director Robert Del Naja Composer
United States release August 25, 2009 · Produced in United States · Production Louverture Films
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Elsewhere Films
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Louverture Films
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 20, 2008
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · August 25, 2009
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