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Trouble the water / Louverture Films presents ; an Elsewhere Films production ; Friday Films ; executive producers, Joslyn Barnes, Danny Glover, Todd Olson, David Alcaro ; co-producers, T. Woody Richman, Amir Bar-Lev ; directed and produced by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Filmakers Library online
- Filmakers library online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Roberts, Kimberly Rivers.
- Roberts, Scott (Scott Michael).
- Roberts, Scott.
- African American women--Louisiana--New Orleans--Biography.
- African American women.
- Disaster victims--Louisiana--New Orleans--Biography.
- Disaster victims.
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Personal narratives.
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Social aspects--Louisiana--New Orleans.
- New Orleans (La.)--History.
- New Orleans (La.).
- New Orleans (La.)--Social conditions--21st century.
- Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Personal narratives.
- Biographies.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (96 minutes).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Zeitgeist, 2008.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, this astonishingly powerful documentary is at once horrifying and exhilarating. Directed and produced by Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine producers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, 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 9th Ward neighbors trapped in the city. 'It's going to be a day to remember,' Kim declares. As the hurricane begins to rage and the floodwaters fill their world and the screen, Kim and her husband Scott continue to film their harrowing retreat to higher ground and the dramatic rescues of friends and neighbors. The filmmakers document the couple's return to New Orleans, the devastation of their neighborhood and the appalling repeated failures of government. Weaving an insider's view of Katrina with a mix of verite and in-your-face filmmaking, Trouble the Water 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.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 23, 2016).
- Nominated 2009 Academy Awards, USA, Best Documentary, Features
- Won 2008 Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Best Documentary Feature Film
- Nominated 2009 Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US, Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize
- Nominated 2009 Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US, Cinema Eye Honors Award
- Won 2008 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Full Frame/Working Films Award
- Won 2008 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Jury Award
- Won 2008 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Kathleen Bryan Edwards Award for Human Rights
- Won 2008 Gotham Awards, Gotham Independent Film Award
- Nominated 2009 Image Awards, Outstanding Documentary
- Won 3rd Place 2008 Indiewire Critics' Poll, Best Documentary
- Nominated 2008 International Documentary Association, Video Source Award
- Won 2nd Place 2009 National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA, Best Non-Fiction Film
- Won 3rd Place 2008 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, Best Non-Fiction Film
- Nominated 2010 News & Documentary Emmy Awards, Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form
- Nominated 2010 News & Documentary Emmy Awards, Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research
- Nominated 2009 Online Film & Television Association, Best Documentary Feature Film
- Nominated 2009 PGA Awards, Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
- Won 2008 Silverdocs Documentary Festival, Best Documentary
- Won 2008 Sundance Film Festival, Documentary
- Won 3rd Place 2008 Village Voice Film Poll, Best Documentary Feature Film
- Other Format:
- Original version:
- OCLC:
- 904382926
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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