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.
00:04:08 is hereby called for all of the Parish of Orleans.
00:07:34 "Hey. This thing really hit us, you know. '"
00:13:47 Right. All the water came here. All the water came right here.
00:18:09 and stuff is flying down the street.
00:24:10 Hold up, y'all. Give me a cigarette, man.
00:27:53 That wind blowing, mama? Mm-hmm.
00:31:46 Yeah. Same to you, man. And I pray that y'all don't have to go back to Iraq.
00:36:21 That's why I keep saying the government let us down.
00:40:13 Not the wet dream they talk about, but
00:43:58 # Until then #
00:48:20 Can you swim? No, ma'am.
00:51:47 And I said, "Y'all don't have to go nowhere. I got another home.
00:56:37 Um Yes, you should have received it by now.
01:00:15 And as far as we know, there has been no loss oflife. But the water is
01:04:01 - And a cat. - We lost everything in the hurricane.
01:08:10 If I hear her voice, I'll feel more comfortable.
01:12:01 Like coming from Africa, like some slaves.
01:16:03 It's about me. Things I been through.
01:19:14 That's what's happenin'. Smokin; Smokin;
01:23:28 #In New Orleans we know they do #
01:28:18 #Now, it's actual and factual We deserve to cry #
01:32:17 # Yeah, you think that's all we know is sellin'pounds and quarters #
500:06:00 and call it a day?"