Trouble the Water (2008)

Directors:

Carl Deal
Tia Lessin

Release Date:

5 December 2008 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

A redemptive tale of an aspiring rap artist surviving failed levees and her own troubled past and seizing a chance for a new beginning. |

Plot Keywords:

Video Camera | New Orleans Louisiana | Flood | Rapper | Hurricane Katrina

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 8 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Michael Brown	...	Himself (archive footage)
George W. Bush	...	Himself (archive footage)
Julie Chen	...	Herself - Reporter (archive footage)
Ray Nagin	...	Himself (archive footage)
Brian Nobles	...	Himself
Wink Rivers	...	Himself
Kimberly Rivers Roberts	...	Herself
Scott Roberts	...	Himself
Larry Sims	...	Himself - Resident
Shepard Smith	...	Himself (voice) (archive sound)
Harry Smith	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Carl Deal
Tia Lessin

Produced by
David Alcaro	....	executive producer
Amir Bar-Lev	....	co-producer
Joslyn Barnes	....	executive producer
Lisa Cohen	....	imaging producer
Carl Deal	....	producer
Jannat Gargi	....	imaging producer
Danny Glover	....	executive producer
Tia Lessin	....	producer
Harold Moss	....	consulting producer
Todd Olson	....	executive producer
Todd Woody Richman	....	co-producer
Maya Sanbar	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Neil Davidge
Robert del Naja

Cinematography by
PJ Raval
Kimberly Rivers Roberts

Film Editing by
Todd Woody Richman

Sound Department
Chris Keyland	....	sound recordist
Andrew Kris	....	sound re-recording mixer
Sylvia Menno	....	dialogue editor
Glenfield Payne	....	supervising sound editor
Carlos Valladares	....	additional sound recordist
Eric Vierhaus	....	sound consultant
Damian Volpe	....	sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Carl Deal	....	additional camera
Nadia Hallgren	....	photographer: second unit
George Ingmire	....	additional camera
Francis James	....	additional camera
Mikey Reyes	....	assistant camera
Wes Turner	....	camera assistant

Editorial Department
Ron Brower	....	colorist
Marc Brown	....	film output: digital intermediate
Jamal El-Amin	....	assistant editor
Craig Gordon	....	on-line editor
Luis Ortiz Guillen	....	assistant editor
Mary Lampson	....	additional editor
Bill Scott	....	senior color timer
Teresa Torchiano	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Barry Cole	....	music supervisor
Chris Robertson	....	music clearance

Other crew
James L. Bills	....	footage provider
Marc Brown	....	digital services
Victoria S. Cook	....	production coordinator
Gabriella Anais Deal-Marquez	....	production intern
Heather Duthie	....	production intern
Derek Fludzinski	....	production assistant
Alex Footman	....	production intern
Ranko Gak	....	high definition conversions
Shawn Hoagland	....	titles
Britain Hopkins	....	production intern
Alex Knust	....	production intern
Lauren Kritzer	....	production assistant
David Magdael	....	publicist
Orlando Martinez	....	production assistant
Sarisa Middleton	....	accountant
Julia Morgan	....	production associate
Sarah Nolan	....	production assistant
Dana O'Keefe	....	sales agent
Brian Papish	....	post production assistant
Steve Sikora	....	titles
Anne Stulz	....	publicist
Logan Susnick	....	high definition conversions
Teresa Torchard	....	office coordinator

Thanks
Roger Kass	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Elsewhere Films

Distributors

• Zeitgeist Films (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Maximum Film Distribution (2008) (non-USA) (all media)

Other Companies

• 42West  national publicity
• Cinetic Media  domestic sales
• Diamond Time  music clearances
• Louverture Films  presents

Also Known As:

Runtime:

90 min | USA:93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:Unrated | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Alexandria, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Elsewhere Films

Soundtrack:

Hurricane Waters

They left her behind. They left our mom behind.

That this could happen in America is a crime of such a magnitude that no words coming from the Bush administration could ever erase the shame. An amateur rented a camera and her video is supplemented by profession work in this Oscar nominated and Sundance award winning film.

The fact that we had rapid response to the storms that hit Texas afterwards does not negate what happened in Louisiana. This short film brings home the crime that was committed upon this city and it's residents.

Navy personnel aiming M-16s at a crowd of survivors just looking for a warm and dry place to sleep is indicative of the lack of care the government displayed in the aftermath of Katrina. "Get off our property or we're gonna start shooting." Excellent film about some people got their lives together on their own.