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    Trouble the Water

    • 20082008
    • UnratedUnrated
    • 1h 30min
    IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    1.9K
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    Trouble the Water (2008)
    An aspiring rap artist and her streetwise husband, armed with a video camera, show what survival is all about when they are trapped in New Orleans by deadly floodwaters, and seize a chance for a new beginning.
    Trailer2:01
    2 Videos
    7 Photos
    Documentary

    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.
    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.

    • Directors
      • Carl Deal
      • Tia Lessin
    • Stars
      • Michael Brown(archive footage)
      • George W. Bush(archive footage)
      • Julie Chen Moonves(archive footage)
    Top credits
    • Directors
      • Carl Deal
      • Tia Lessin
    • Stars
      • Michael Brown(archive footage)
      • George W. Bush(archive footage)
      • Julie Chen Moonves(archive footage)
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    • 22User reviews
    • 43Critic reviews
    • 83Metascore
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 7 wins & 14 nominations total

    Videos2

    Trouble the Water
    Trailer 2:01
    Trouble the Water
    Trouble the Water
    Trailer 2:01
    Trouble the Water

    Photos7

    Kimberly Rivers Roberts and Scott Roberts in Trouble the Water (2008)
    Kimberly Rivers Roberts and Scott Roberts in Trouble the Water (2008)
    Kimberly Rivers Roberts and Scott Roberts in Trouble the Water (2008)
    Scott Roberts in Trouble the Water (2008)
    Tia Lessin and Carl Deal in Trouble the Water (2008)
    Trouble the Water (2008)

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    Michael Brown
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    George W. Bush
    George W. Bush
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Julie Chen Moonves
    Julie Chen Moonves
    • Self - Reporter
    • (archive footage)
    • (as Julie Chen)
    Ray Nagin
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Brian Nobles
    • Self
    Wink Rivers
    • Self
    Kimberly Rivers Roberts
    • Self
    Scott Roberts
    Scott Roberts
    • Self
    Larry Sims
    • Self - Resident
    Shepard Smith
    Shepard Smith
    • Self
    • (archive sound)
    • (voice)
    Harry Smith
    Harry Smith
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Carl Deal
      • Tia Lessin
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    A redemptive tale of an aspiring rap artist surviving failed levees and her own troubled past and seizing a chance for a new beginning.
    new orleans louisianahurricane katrinavideo camerarapperflood
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Genre
      • Documentary
    • Certificate
      • Unrated
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • 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.

    • Connections
      Featured in 50 Documentaries to See Before You Die: Top 10 Docs to See Before You Die (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Hurricane Waters
      Performed by Citizen Cope

    User reviews22

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    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.
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    • lastliberal
    • Oct 7, 2009

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    • Release date
      • December 5, 2008 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Su belası
    • Filming locations
      • Alexandria, Louisiana, USA
    • Production company
      • Elsewhere Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $900,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $520,151
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $28,606
      • Aug 24, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $522,766
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 30min
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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