On Monday Maggie and I saw Trouble the Water and I posted a short review over at rednoW.com.
The promotion for Trouble the Water says the documentary is, “not about a hurricane. It’s about America.” Kimberly Rivers Roberts filmed Hurricane Katrina barreling down on the 9th Ward with her personal video camera. The film shows what it feels like to be trapped by a massive storm, isolated in your own city, and abandoned by the government. Roberts points her camera at her neighbors and family, including her husband Scott who figures prominently throughout the film. Through the lens of this first-time filmmaker we see water rising past porches. We see the result of broken levees, as Kimberly’s brother uses a punching bag to rescue neighbors from disappearing homes…
Read the rest at rednoW.com.
David W. Swanson 
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