The latest movie to make the grade, however, is "Trouble the Water", recommended by Kenneth Turan who says in his capsule review:
With her buoyant, naturally dramatic personality, bold, nervy Kim Roberts has the kind of intensely charismatic spririt that documentary directors dream about, and it is her experiences, as well as the home movie footage she shot, that are the making of this particular doc. A winner of Sundance’s “Grand Jury Prize, “Trouble the Water” looks not only at the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, but also offers a keenly dramatic examination of how this country treats the poor and dispossessed. Kim and her husband Scott are not exactly babes in the woods, but the magnitude of government incompetence and neglect, the way the citizens of New Orleans were simply abandoned, takes their breath away, as it will yours. (Read the full review of "Trouble the Water" by Kenneth Turan)Synopsis
A streetwise young couple and family survive the flooding of New Orleans by any means necessary, recording their experience in a chilling video diary. Trouble the Water follows its heroes through the post-hurricane despair and chaos and into an uncertain future.
Director: Tia Lessin
Opened August 22, 2008
Genres: Biography, Culture & Society, Social Issues, Tragedies & Catastrophes
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