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Americans could be forgiven for forgetting about Katrina — after all, when’s the last time you heard either Barack Obama or John McCain mention it?
“Trouble The Water,” then, could not be timelier. It is a bracing documentary about Katrina and its effects on an extraordinary group of New Orleans residents. It is also a welcome indictment of the attitude of the United States toward its poor and its people of color.
The filmmakers behind “Trouble,” Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, use some stock footage, but they rely mostly on the previously untold story of Kimberly Roberts, a...
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