2005. augusztus 29-én Nolan megérkezik a New Orleans-i kórházba, ugyanis állapotos feleségénél, Abigailnél megindult a szülés. Nolan életének legszebb napja azonban egy szemvillanás alatt rémálommá változik: felesége belehal a szülésbe, gyermeke pedig inkubátorban küzd az életéért, mindeközben pedig a Katrina hurrikán is egyre jobban tombol. Hamarosan megkezdődik a kórház evakuálása, ám a férfi nem hagyja magára gyermekét, aki az inkubátor nélkül valószínűleg nem élné túl az éjszakát sem. Az idő vészesen fogy, az áram kimarad, a generátor felmondja a szolgálatot, a víz pedig szép lassan mindent elönt.
Terence McDonagh velejéig korrupt, drog és szerencsejáték-függő nyomozó, aki a Katrina hurrikán sújtotta New Orleansban nyomozni kezd egy szenegáli család meggyilkolása ügyében. Hátfájására szedett gyógyszerei egyre kevésbé segítenek, kokainfüggősége kezd elhatalmasodni rajta, mégis meg tudja győzni főnökét, hogy ő a legjobb választás. Talál egy szemtanút, aki vallana az elsőszámú gyanúsított, egy nagyhatalmú drogdíler ellen, de a fiú eltűnik. A lefelé tartó spirál akkor gyorsul be, amikor Terence prostituált szeretőjét megveri egy kuncsaftja, és 50 ezer dollárt követel az életéért cserébe. A zsaru üzletelni kezd a gengszterekkel, védelmet ígérve némi százalékért és kábítószerért. Hiába válik jelleme egyre mocskosabbá, jól keveri a kártyákat így karrierje felfelé ível.
After a family survives Hurricane Katrina, there is another storm but this one is much worse.
Egy csapat a Kathrina hurrikán tombolása alatt próbálja meg keresztülvinni mesteri tolvajtervét.
A film a Katrina hurrikán utóhatásait és annak New Orleans-i fiatalokra gyakorolt hatását mutatja be.
Based on true events amid the wreckage and chaos dealt by Hurricane Katrina; one basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana just will not give up. Coach Al Collins, gathers other players from hard-hit schools and builds a team actually worthy enough to go to the state playoffs.
No Ward is a short documentary about the forced migration of New Orleans residents to cities in Texas. The film juxtaposes the migrations that occurred as a result of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and Hurricane Gustav in 2008.
Two Hurricane Katrina evacuees from the Desire Projects in New Orleans who both end up in Houston after the storm. The storm twists the fates of these two men. The first, Jay Dee, was a feared and powerful crime boss who is humbled when he loses everything and winds up as a lowly clerk at a retail chain store. The second, Shawn, an underachieving poor kid from the neighborhood gets a fresh start and becomes a writer/novelist.
The story of Six Flags New Orleans, a theme park devastated by Hurricane Katrina that has become a holy grail of sorts for urban exploration and the efforts to restore the park to its former glory.
The film "Hurricane on the Bayou" is about the wetlands of Louisiana before and after Hurricane Katrina.
MURDA CAPITAL documents the harsh reality of a post-Katrina New Orleans. Rapper, entrepreneur and New Orleans native K. Gates sets out into New Orleans most treacherous ghettos to discover the root of a cycle of killing. People from all factions of the city give their take on how murder has affected them directly and indirectly. Stories of a convicted murderer and a mother who lost all four sons to gun violence shivers the soul. Drugs, money, ignorance, ego, and envy make a deadly concoction which equates to the nation's highest murder rate for more than a decade. See how violence intertwines with the cities rich culture. Obtain access to the part of New Orleans hidden from tourist as K. Gates strives to 'Save The City'.
A teenage boy leaves a moment of boredom while his father works on his old car, and the mother wishes to go out for a stroll around the block. One more relocated family post Hurricane Katrina.
Filmed in roughly one month between the end of October and the beginning of December 2005, the film is an honest portrayal of Jac Currie’s life after Katrina and one of his first trips back to the Gulf Coast after being stranded in New York. It shows Defend New Orleans’ transition to a valid social aid project and documents some of the destruction in New Orleans and on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
A touching documentary about a city that has lost hope, and about one man's fight to bring it back.
This documentary film includes never-before-seen footage and exclusive interviews to tell the story of Charity Hospital, from its roots to its controversial closing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. From the firsthand accounts of healthcare providers and hospital employees who withstood the storm inside the hospital, to interviews with key players involved in the closing of Charity and the opening of New Orleans’ newest hospital, “Big Charity” shares the untold, true story around its closure and sheds new light on the sacrifices made for the sake of progress.
This no holds documentary chronicles the days before, during and after Hurricane Katrina. Told from the viewpoint of several families stuck in New Orleans, this moving and unflinching story says so much by saying so little. Most of this footage has never been seen by the public, and there is absolutely no stock footage used in this film.
A girl flees a makeshift tent city. A man finds a trombone. A worker watches the ocean from under a moving house, while its owner gazes at the view from her shifting living room. In ten very short stories, residents of the destroyed Mississippi Gulf Coast act out atmospheric scenes of everyday life and the relentlessness of labor in their extreme landscape.