Trouble the water [videorecording] / - [Toronto] : E1 Entertainment, [2009] - 1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert ([4] p. : ill.)

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2008. Special features: deleted and extended scenes; conversations with the directors, subjects, film critic Richard Roeper, Danny Glover; theatrical trailer.

Directors of photography, PJ Raval, Kimberly Rivers Roberts ; editor and co-producer, T. Woody Richman ; executive producers, Joslyn Barnes, Danny Glover ; additional editing, Mary Lampson ; original score, Davidge/Del Naja ; introducing the music of, Black Kold Madina. Directors of photography, PJ Raval, Kimberly Rivers Roberts ; editor and co-producer, T. Woody Richman ; executive producers, Joslyn Barnes, Danny Glover ; additional editing, Mary Lampson ; original score, Davidge/Del Naja ; introducing the music of, Black Kold Madina.

Kimberly Rivers Roberts, Scott Roberts.

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 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 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, 16:9 anamorphic widescreen presentation enhanced for widescreen televisions, NTSC, Region 1.


In English with optional Spanish subtitles and optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Sundance Film Festival, 2008: Winner, Grand Jury Prize Best Documentary.

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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.)--Biography.


Documentary films.
Feature films--United States.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

HV636 2005 / .N4 T76 2009

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