Nolana Hayesa, mladého nádejného otca v New Orleans, zastihnú v koncom augusta 2005 zlé správy. Jeho manželka Abigail zomrela pri pôrode a jeho malá dcérka je v zlom stave a potrebuje respirátor, aby prežila. Je však koniec augusta 2005 a na New Orleans udrel hurikán Katrina, ktorý prelomil hrádze a zaplavil takmer celé územie mesta. Situácia si vyžaduje okamžitú evakuáciu nemocnice, je však nemožné sťahovať detský inkubátor. Nolan preto zostane na klinike sám so svojím bábätkom a stará sa o to, aby jeho prístroj fungoval aj napriek výpadku elektrického prúdu. Prežíva nočnú moru a čelí desivým udalostiam, ktoré sa naňho valia zo všetkých strán. Netuší, čo všetko ho ešte v najbližších hodinách čaká a či sa mu vôbec podarí zachrániť život svojho potomka. Nič však nie je silnejšie a nebezpečnejšie ako muž, ktorý odhodlane bojuje za prežitie svojej rodiny.
Detektív z miestneho oddelenia vrážd Terence McDonagh zachráni väzňa pred utopením, ale zaplatí za to neznesiteľnými bolesťami chrbta, ktoré zvláda len s pomocou silných liekov. Počas vyšetrovania brutálnej masakry rodiny afrických prisťahovalcov zo Senegalu sa dostane na stopu miestneho drogového dílera. Očitý svedok vraždy sa pre neho stane nepohodlným a Terence ho má chrániť. Lenže Terence zrazu nevie, či má riešiť seba, korunného svedka alebo problém svojej lásky, luxusnej prostitútky Frankie, ktorú zmlátil klient. Jeho život sa dostáva do veľmi nebezpečnej špirály a je otázne, či ešte dokáže zaradiť spiatočku.
After a family survives Hurricane Katrina, there is another storm but this one is much worse.
Four boyhood friends return to New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina, to find their home decimated and prospects for work swept away. Turning to a local gangster for employment, the crew is hired to pull off a daring casino heist, right in the heart of the city.
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.
A first-person account of the short-term and long-term devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, as told by young people who were between the ages of 3 and 19 when the levees broke.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The film "Hurricane on the Bayou" is about the wetlands of Louisiana before and after Hurricane Katrina.
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.
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.
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 touching documentary about a city that has lost hope, and about one man's fight to bring it back.
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.
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.