The Academy Awards often draw attention to a cause or a plight or a social concern, particularly in the categories for documentary films, a genre still enjoying an extended revival. Even being among the nominees for the Oscar (as
Two weeks before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Kimberly Rivers Roberts bought a cheap video camera to record family events and, if she captured anything good, say a police beating, sell it to a news crew. But as Carl Deal, a director of the new documentary Trouble the Water, tells MnIndy, she soon found herself recording her own harrowing experiences trying to survive one of the country’s most tragic disasters. Her footage shot before, during and after Katrinais now a pivotal part of Deal’s documentary, which is screening at Minneapolis’ Lagoon Cinema. Listen as Deal and executive producer Danny Glover discuss a film that’s less about extreme weather than extreme poverty.
“Do we have any Republicans in the audience?” asked Trouble the Water co-director Carl Deal at a screening this morning in the Landmark Center of St. Paul, across the street from the RNC. There was hardly a…
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