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A redemptive tale of an aspiring rap artist surviving failed levees and her own troubled past and seizing a chance for a new beginning.
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| New YorkerDavid DenbyOne of the most eloquent records we have of a tragedy that brought out some of the most impressively alive men and women in New Orleans. |
| PopMattersBill GibronBy picking up on this personal story and serving it up in a way that plays commentator, not critic, the filmmakers allows Kim and Scott to speak for themselves. The results are astoundingly brutal and beautifully honest. |
| ViewLondonMatthew TurnerRiveting, emotionally engaging and frequently astonishing documentary that tells an important story and will make you laugh, cry and seethe with rage. |
| PopMattersMichael AbernethyTrouble the Water reveals not only the terrors of the hurricane but also the political and personal valences of its legendary mismanagement. |
| Film-Forward.comNora Lee MandelFor the 3rd anniversary of Katrina comes a gripping point of view about the disaster and its continuing impact on the people of New Orleans that has not been seen before. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonIt's a view of the disaster that no amount of news coverage would ever manage to capture. |
| Time OutDavid FearTrouble the Water's political-made-personal power to invoke both Anderson Cooper levels of rage and the sense that hope springs eternal rests solely with its main subjects. |
| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirIf possible, Roberts' movie-within-a-movie is even more amazing than it sounds. She captures a tale of courage, heroism and tragedy more thrilling than any Hollywood spectacle. |
| Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerA marvelous documentary that brings home the terror and heroism brought forth by the Katrina debacle. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsTrouble the Water is so much better and truer and deeper and more illuminating than either of them ("Bowling for Columbine"/"Fahrenheit 9/11"). |