Trouble the water
Tia Lessin (Producer, Director), Carl Deal (Producer, Director), Kimberly Rivers Roberts, Scott Roberts, Louverture Films (Firm), Elsewhere Films (Firm), Zeitgeist Films, E1 Entertainment (Firm)
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 Video, English, [2009]
E1 Entertainment, [Toronto], [2009]