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"This astonishing powerful documentary takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never 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 weave this insider's

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"This astonishing powerful documentary takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never 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 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, infuriating, inspiring and empowering. It's 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"--Container.

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Additional Contributors: Lessin, Tia; Deal, Carl; Roberts, Kimberly Rivers; Roberts, Scott

Publisher: [New York] - Zeitgeist Films

Language: English

Awards & Distinctions:
Gotham Awards, 2008: Best Documentary
Sundance Film Festival, 2008: Grand Jury Prize - Best Documentary

Credits: Directors of photography, PJ Raval, Kimberly Rivers Roberts ; editor, T. Woody Richman ; original score, Davidge/Del Naja.

Performers: Kimberly Rivers Roberts, Scott Roberts.

Notes: In English with optional Spanish subtitles ; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Title from container
Bonus material: deleted and extended scenes; conversations with the directors, subjects, film critic Richard Roeper, Danny Glover; theatrical trailer
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2008
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (16:9 anamorphic) presentation; stereo

Statement of responsibility: Louverture Films presents an Elsewhere Films production ; directed and produced by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal

Physical description: 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in

Other author misc: [Deal, Carl, Lessin, Tia, Zeitgeist Films, Elsewhere Films (Firm), Louverture Films (Firm), Roberts, Kimberly Rivers, Roberts, Scott, rap musician]

Call number: DVD 363.34922 T7568 2009

Library Identifier 2604769

Description: "This astonishing powerful documentary takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never 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 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, infuriating, inspiring and empowering. It's 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"--Container.

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