“Trouble the Water” is a stirring documentary on Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. It is a keenly dramatic look at how this country treated the poor and dispossessed during a national disaster.
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, this powerful documentary takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on screen. Incorporating remarkable home footage shot by Kimberly Rivers-Roberts, an aspiring rap artist trapped with her husband in the ninth ward; Producers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal (“Fahrenheit 9/11” and “Bowling for Columbine”) weave this insider-s view of Katrina with a devastating portrait of the hurricane-s aftermath.
“Trouble the Water” takes audiences on a journey that is by turns heart stopping, infuriating, inspiring and empowering. It-s not only about the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina, but about the underlying issues that remained when the floodwaters receded — failing public schools, record high levels of incarceration and poverty, lack of government accountability and racism.
All students, faculty, staff and community members are welcome to attend. Lunch will be provided.
Saturday, Feb. 26 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Siek Campus Center Exhibition Room (2nd Floor)
To register, please call the Disability Resource Center at ext. 7154 or e-mail Pablo Negron or Norina Dowd.
If you have a disability and require any reasonable accommodations or an interpreter, please contact the Disability Resource Center at (518) 629-7154 or TDD (518) 629-7596.
This program is funded by the Office of the President, the Division of Enrollment Management and Student Development and the Student Senate.
For more information about the National Coalition Building Institute, visit www.hvcc.edu/ncbi.
Saturday, Feb. 26: Please join us for this empowering and educational workshop!
Published: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 05:00:00 +0000 by n.dowd