Academy Awards, USA 2009
| Nominated Oscar | Best Documentary, Features Tia Lessin Carl Deal |
Zeitgeist Films
Directed by Carl Deal and Tia Lessin
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Zeitgeist)
A married New Orleans couple captures the impacts of Hurricane Katrina on video. Before the storm, we see how the city's poorest residents are left behind when no public transportation is provided for evacuations. During the storm, they are forced into their attic when the water quickly rises to rooftop level. After the storm, they deal with federal bureaucracy as they try to put their lives back together. The first hand account is narrated by the optimistic "Kold Madina" who also operates the hand held camcorder during the storm, but the film tends to get bogged down in her aspiring rap career in the weeks after and begins to resemble a reality tv show.
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