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by Teresa Wiltz onApril 17, 2009
The Oscar-nominated Hurricane Katrina documentary Trouble the Water is finally coming to cable. The Root catches up with Kim Rivers Roberts, the Ninth Ward hero whose camera and life story took us by storm.
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by Mark Anthony Neal onFebruary 20, 2009
With the help of its Oscar nod, the Katrina doc Trouble the Water has brazenly summoned the voices and spirits of those—who by force or choice—have not returned since the hurricane.
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by Kai Wright onDecember 17, 2008
With mesmerizing force, a Ninth Ward woman and her camera capture the destruction of Katrina from the inside out.
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