Trouble the water

Lessin, Tia. (Added Author). Deal, Carl. (Added Author). Roberts, Kimberly Rivers (Added Author). Roberts, Scott (Scott Michael) (Added Author). Raval, P. J. (Paul James) (Added Author). Richman, T. Woody. (Added Author). Lampson, Mary. (Added Author). Louverture Films (Firm) (Added Author). Elsewhere Films (Firm) (Added Author). Zeitgeist Films (Added Author).

Summary: 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 protrait 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.

Record details

Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert ([4] pages : illustrations)
Publisher: [New York] : Zeitgeist Films, �2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 2008. DVD package and menu design: Zeitgeist Films Ltd. c2009. Special features: deleted and extended scenes; conversations with the directors, subjects, film critic Richard Roeper, Danny Glover; theatrical trailer.
Formatted Contents Note:	Live and direct -- This is my neighborhood -- Like an ocean -- Higher ground -- Wet nightmare -- Alexandria -- FEMA "limbo land" -- A new beginning -- Freedom exists somewhere -- Amazing -- Return to France Street -- The Ninth Ward will rise.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	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.
Participant or Performer Note:	Kimberly Rivers Roberts, Scott Roberts.
System Details Note:	DVD, 16:9 anamorphic widescreen presentation enhanced for widescreen televisions, NTSC, Region 1.
Language Note:	In English with optional Spanish subtitles and optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Awards Note:	Sundance Film Festival, 2008: Winner, Grand Jury Prize Best Documentary.