A redemptive tale of an aspiring rap artist surviving failed levees and her own troubled past and seizing a chance for a new beginning.A redemptive tale of an aspiring rap artist surviving failed levees and her own troubled past and seizing a chance for a new beginning.A redemptive tale of an aspiring rap artist surviving failed levees and her own troubled past and seizing a chance for a new beginning.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 7 wins & 14 nominations total
- Self
- (archive footage)
- Self
- (archive footage)
- Self - Reporter
- (archive footage)
- (as Julie Chen)
- Self
- (archive sound)
- (voice)
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- Quotes
elderly woman: The water is steady rising in the attic ma'am and I'm gonna drown in the attic.
9/11 dispatcher: Can you break a hole in the attic?
elderly woman: I tried. I broke a chair for it. I cannot pry this wood off this attic ma'am.
9/11 dispatcher: The police are not coming out until the weather conditions get better.
elderly woman: [long pause] So I'm gonna die.
[long pause]
elderly woman: Hello?
9/11 dispatcher: Yes.
elderly woman: I can't get out.
- SoundtracksHurricane Waters
Performed by Citizen Cope
Hurricane Katrina, like the September 11 attacks (whose tenth anniversary is in a few days), is something that should always be remembered, maybe more so. It showed how detached the government had become from its most vulnerable citizens. The collapse of the levees and subsequent flooding of the Lower Ninth Ward became an excuse to dismantle New Orleans's public school system and replace it with vouchers. The documentary is even more relevant now, after Louisiana got a second strike in the form of the Deepwater Horizon spill.
- lee_eisenberg
- Sep 6, 2011
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Box office
- Budget
- $900,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $520,151
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $28,606
- Aug 24, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $522,766
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1