Trouble the Water
2008 · 93 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 2,104 VOTES · DIR. Tia Lessin, Carl Deal
Overview
"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.
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00:00:19 have been scattered to at least a dozen states.
00:04:01 impact New Orleans in a major way.
00:07:23 Like Patti. # On my own #
00:13:21 Look at these houses, went all the way flat. All the way.
00:17:37 I don't know how long we're gonna be up here, but hope it ain't long.
00:22:20 One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.
00:27:11 Going back out there to get some more people to bring 'em up.
00:31:06 If you guys want the remains of, uh
00:35:20 So I say, "Why can't we stay overnight? '"
00:39:13 I think that New Orleans children deserve it. The government get enough money for it. So
00:42:39 That was pitiful.
00:46:56 whether they have a home or not.
00:50:26 I'll call where you can get the address. Right.
00:54:56 Katrina is still going on. She's still trying to do damage.
00:58:27 And people are like, "Hell, why am I gonna go ahead on
01:02:03 and I gotta get in the truck.
01:05:55 It's nice. That's what I thought it would be like, you know.
01:09:43 All right. All right.
01:13:39 It took my grandmother. She kept our family together through thick and thin.
01:17:09 #Then I jack a couple niggas just to get us on #
01:20:31 That's how I had to survive in Memphis.
01:25:23 Because it be too hot in the daytime. Off top.
01:29:09 #All the taxes that we pay y'all say y'all had the cheddar #
01:33:08 #Been pumpin'cocaine leaves People died in the storm Commemorate with a wreath #