Academy Award® nominee for best feature documentary, TROUBLE THE WATER takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen. It's a redemptive tale of two self-described street hustlers who become heroes as they survive the storm.
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- Release Date:
- Fall 2008 theatrical release; Spring 2009 HBO broadcast; Summer 2009 DVD release
- Genre:
- Documentary Film
- Studio:
- Zeitgeist Films
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The Army Corps of Engineers' liability for damages to at least three New Orleans plaintiffs has been made official by a Federal district judge. The question now is whether the Justice Dept. will appeal.
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Last week, when asked about Glenn Beck calling President Obama "racist," Rupert Murdoch, chairman of Fox News Channel's parent company (News Corp) said "if you actually assess what he was talking about, [Beck] was right."1
Trouble the Water Filmmaker Philippe Diaz on “The End of Poverty?”
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IMF and the World Bank warned that the financial crisis posed a serious challenge to reducing poverty. The World Bank predicted that the economic crisis could push another 53 million people in the global South into poverty. ...
Trouble the Water Make a Fundred, Make A Difference
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RC2B = NOLA(Rescue City to Be = New Orleans)FUNDRED DOLLAR BILL PROJECTMARDI GRAS WORLD WEST BENEFIT CONCERT11/06/2009FOOD + MUSIC + DRINK + FUNDREDSentertainment includes:Grammy nominated Maura O'ConnellLocal Funk Legend John "Papa" GrosAnais St. ...
Trouble the Water New Orleans poised on springboard of hope
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The story of New Orleans’ economic recovery — from Katrina and the recession — is turning into a chicken-egg scenario. What’s going to come first? Will it be consumers who will create the demand for more ...
Trouble the Water President Barack Obama: ‘We will build it stronger than before’
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Making his first visit to Louisiana since becoming the nation's 44th chief executive, President Barack Obama told a spirited crowd at the University of New Orleans Thursday that he will help build a stronger Gulf Coast than the one Hurricane Katrina and broken levees wrecked four years ago.
Trouble the Water Make Gulf Coast Recovery a Right and a Reality - Adopt the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement http://www.katrinaaction.org/
Trouble the Water Religious Leaders Welcome Obama to New Orleans, and Call For Action
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Trouble the Water New Orleans Police Face Swarm of Inquiries
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In its September newsletter, underneath a notice about using antibacterial wipes during flu season, the local Fraternal Order of Police reminded New Orleans officers they had a right to be represented by a lawyer when questioned by the F.B.I., whether as a witness or as a potential target.
August 29 marked the fourth anniversary of the day Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast...
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When the terms “outrageous acts” and “Facebook” are mentioned together, it is doubtful most people think about simple acts to empower women. But, then again, Brenda Dardar-Robichaux isn’t most people. The United Houma Nation’s principal chief was recently honored by the Ms. Foundation For Women for recruiting the most ...members to the non-profit organization’s Ms. Foundation Outrageous Activists Cause on Facebook, a social networking Web site.Read More
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Did you know the richest 1% of Americans have more financial wealth than the bottom 95%? Filmmaker Michael Moore takes on this injustice – where a few profit off the misfortunes of the many – in his new film, Capitalism: A Love Story!, opening October 2nd. C...
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On the fourth year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we are featuring “Trouble the Water,” an Academy Award nominated documentary and one of the best reviewed films of last year about Katrina and the devastation wrought on New Orleans’ most vulnerable. ...
Trouble the Water This past Sunday, Directors Tia Lessin and Carl Deal participated in a book salon on FireDogLake. Check out the discussion!
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Talk about being in the wrong place at the right time: Kimberly Rivers Roberts, an aspiring rapper and self-described "street hustler" living in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, had just recently purchased a Sony camcorder in August 2005 when Hurricane Katrina slammed into her city.
