Synopsis
"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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Metacritic83/100
31 audience votes
Key crew
- Carl DealDirector
- Tia LessinDirector
- Neil DavidgeOriginal Music Composer
- Robert Del NajaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Scott RogersSelf
- George W. BushSelf (archive footage)
- Michael BrownSelf (archive footage)
- Julie ChenSelf - Reporter (archive footage)
- Ray NaginSelf (archive footage)
- Brian NoblesSelf
- Wink RiversSelf
- Scott RobertsSelf
- Larry SimsSelf - Resident
- Shepard SmithSelf (voice) (archive sound)
- Kimberly Rivers RobertsSelf
Stills
Themes
hurricanenatural disasterwoman director