Trouble the water

I got this in my e-mail today:


"Trouble The Water," a unique & incredible documentary about the ravages of Hurricane Katrina, is opening this weekend in a few select theaters in New York & Los Angeles, and will be in theaters coast to coast very soon.

Kimberly Rivers Roberts is turns her video camera on herself and her 9th Ward neighbors trapped in the city. “It’s going to be a day to remember,” Kim says excitedly into her new camera as the storm is brewing. It’s her first time shooting video and it’s rough, and jumpy, but dense with reality. Kim’s playful home-grown newscast tone grinds against the audience’s knowledge that hell is just hours away. There is no way for the audience to warn her. And for New Orleans’ poor, there is nowhere to run.
As the hurricane begins to rage and the floodwaters fill their world and the screen, Kim and her husband Scott continue to film, documenting their harrowing voyage to higher ground and dramatic rescues of friends and neighbors.

tickets to New York screenings:
The IFC Center & Imagenation
http://www.movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?house_id=9598

tickets to Los Angeles screenings:
The Laemmle Sunset 5
http://laemmle.com/viewtheatre.php?thid=2

This is a must-see. The documentary won the 2008 Sundance Grand Jury Prize, and its premiere was described as "one of those electrifying, emotional, unforgettable experiences that captures Sundance at its very best."

Manohla Darghis of The New York Times called the film "one of the best American documentaries in recent memory."

"Trouble The Water" is directed and produced by Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine producers Tia Lessin & Carl Deal, and was funded by my pals David Alcaro & Todd Olson.

Please support this film. It'll shake you down to your toes.

The trailer can be viewed at:

http:www.troublethewaterfilm.com

The flyer for the film can be seen at:
http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com/troublethewater/troublethewater_flyer_ny.pdf