Saturday, August 9, 2008
Documentary Watch: Trouble the Water
Posted by Alejandro de los Rios on Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 8:12 PM
Taking a break from sports this weekend (if you don't include the Olympics), I stumbled upon this movie trailer for "Trouble the Water" a new, first-hand documentary about a New Orleans couple and how they managed to survive Hurricane Katrina. Already a winner of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, "Trouble the Water" revisits Katrina it what looks like an uplifting way. From Apple Movie Trailers:
The film opens the day before the storm makes landfall—just blocks away from the French Quarter but far from the New Orleans that most tourists knew. Kimberly Rivers Roberts, an aspiring rap artist, is turning her new video camera on herself and her 9th Ward neighbors trapped in the city. “It’s going to be a day to remember,” Kim declares. As the hurricane begins to rage and the floodwaters fill their world and the screen, Kim and her husband Scott continue to film their harrowing retreat to higher ground and the dramatic rescues of friends and neighbors. The filmmakers document the couple’s return to New Orleans, the devastation of their neighborhood and the appalling repeated failures of government. Weaving an insider’s view of Katrina with a mix of verité and in- your-face filmmaking, Trouble the Wateris a redemptive tale of self-described street hustlers who become heroes—two unforgettable people who survive the storm and then seize a chance for a new beginning.
Keep an eye out for this one.
To All My Peeps
Posted by Sarah Andert on Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 1:40 PM
I bet you’re wondering what happened to me. I’m sorry to have abandoned you amid your burgeoning interest in local eating. I fell off the wagon, dropped below the radar, lost momentum. And I blame it all on my mother. Well, more like I blame it on the fact that she came to town for two weeks and we had lots of dining out to do. Then it gradually snowballed from there. But I’m getting back to it.
White House Reverses Course on Levee Cost-Sharing
Posted by Scuttlebutt on Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 5:08 AM
Word came down swiftly and unexpectedly from the White House Thursday night: Instead of having three years to pay off its $1.8 billion share of hurricane protection and coastal restoration projects, Louisiana will now have upwards of 30 years to meet the debt.
Capitelli Leads in His DA Poll
Posted by Clancy DuBos on Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 4:49 AM
Orleans Parish DA candidate Ralph Capitelli just got a poll back from a Washington, D.C., polling firm headed by former Louisiana lawmaker Ron Faucheux that has Capitelli leading the pack. I confirmed the results with Faucheux, who recently was named president of Clarus Research Group in D.C.
