Austin Opening of Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner "TROUBLE THE WATER"
Submitted by Chale Nafus on October 31, 2008 - 2:38pm.
Screenings
Opening Friday 31 October at the Regal Arbor Cinema at Great Hills (9828 Great Hills Trail)
TROUBLE THE WATER “tells a gripping story about one family’s survival of the flooding of New Orleans after Katrina, and their journey through the aftermath, and into a new life. The film features Kimberly and Scott Roberts, a young couple from the 9th Ward who recorded their Katrina experience in a chilling video diary which opens the film. Weaving fly-on-the-wall production footage with archival news and home video, directors and producers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal (who produced FAHRENHEIT 9/11) tell a redemptive tale of two unforgettable people who survive the storm and then seize a chance for a new beginning.”
Director of photography PJ Raval will be on hand for Q&A sessions after the 7:40pm screening on Friday 31 October and 5:10pm screening on Saturday 1 November.
Roger Ebert called TROUBLE THE WATER “extraordinary” and granted it four stars. Manohla Dargis of the New York Times called the film “one of the best American documentaries in recent memory.” Journalist Naomi Klein describes TROUBLE THE WATER as “a transformative film -- one of the most powerful and illuminating documentaries of our time. It boils with rage, sadness, love, hope, reality. It's not about a hurricane, it's about America."
Tickets can be purchased online.
Watch the theatrical trailer here.
