Trouble the Water (2008)
"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.
- Released
- 2008-01-20
- Genres
- Documentary
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Tia Lessin, Carl Deal
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 31 votes
Cast
- Scott Rogers as Self
- George W. Bush as Self (archive footage)
- Michael Brown as Self (archive footage)
- Julie Chen as Self - Reporter (archive footage)
- Ray Nagin as Self (archive footage)
- Brian Nobles as Self
- Wink Rivers as Self
- Scott Roberts as Self
- Larry Sims as Self - Resident
- Shepard Smith as Self (voice) (archive sound)
- Kimberly Rivers Roberts as Self
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