The footage of the rain pounding down, the streets and houses flooding, and eventually of these people up on their roof trying to avoid the water is amazing. What makes it so good is that it echoes Blair Witch or more recently, Cloverfield, except that this is real, so she isn't filming herself swimming through the water. Much of the second half is about the clean-up, and how the government did (or didn't) assist with the evacuation and aide of these people.
Mostly what the movie conveys is how fragile our everyday life is and how something unexpected can upset the balance of our lives. This woman and her husband do return to New Orleans after attempting to live in Memphis, and this more then ever celebrates the human spirit to adapt to whatever environment they are presented. It also brings up the issue of discrimination, though it keeps this in the background more then the foreground. This is a great little gem that I encourage everyone to check out.
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I, too, saw Trouble the Water. Wasn't the first part engaging?? I found myself getting a little bored a little more than half way into it- Kim's footage was amazing. Her storytelling was irreplaceable. Once the filmmakers stepped in, it got a little too glossy for me. I am impressed though, that the story came out on the big screen. Plus, I'm not surprised that it was just as sorry a response from the government that we witnessed 3 years ago. We watched the news from the comfort of our own homes, while Kim was filming her neighbors (who died) and later being stuck in the attic of her house. Politics aside, it is a story which needed to be told.
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