Trouble the Water

It's not about a hurricane. It's about America.

Trouble the Water — Plot

"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.

• Release date
• January 20, 2008
• Runtime
• 93 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Tia Lessin

Trouble the Water — Cast

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Scott Rogers Self George W. Bush Self (archive footage)

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Michael Brown Self (archive footage) Julie Chen Self - Reporter (archive footage)

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Ray Nagin Self (archive footage)

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Brian Nobles Self

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Wink Rivers Self

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Scott Roberts Self