Trouble the Water is a 2008 documentary film directed by Tia Lessin, and Carl Deal, producers of Fahrenheit 9/11. The film tells the story of an aspiring rap artist Kimberly Rivers Roberts and her streetwise husband, who were trapped in New Orleans by deadly floodwaters as a result of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and who survive the storm and then seize a chance for a new beginning. Trouble the Water was picked up by Zeitgeist Films and premiered i...
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Trouble the Water is a 2008 documentary film directed by Tia Lessin, and Carl Deal, producers of Fahrenheit 9/11. The film tells the story of an aspiring rap artist Kimberly Rivers Roberts and her streetwise husband, who were trapped in New Orleans by deadly floodwaters as a result of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and who survive the storm and then seize a chance for a new beginning. Trouble the Water was picked up by Zeitgeist Films and premiered in New York City and Los Angeles on August 22, 2008, followed by a limited national release.
The film appeared on several critics' top ten lists of the best films of 2008.
Rotten Tomatoes has the film rated at 97% on the Tomatometer, based on 66 reviews.
Roger Ebert and New York Times critic Manohla Dargis both included Trouble in their "best of 2008.”
The film was nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary feature in 2009. It won the Grand Jury Prize: Documentary at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival as well as the Grand Jury Award and...
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