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“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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
“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.<\/p>\n
All students, faculty, staff and community members are welcome to attend. Lunch will be provided.<\/p>\n
Saturday, Feb. 26 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.<\/p>\n
Siek Campus Center Exhibition Room (2nd Floor)<\/b><\/p>\n
To register, please call the Disability Resource Center at ext. 7154 or e-mail Pablo Negron<\/a> or Norina Dowd<\/a>.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n This program is funded by the Office of the President, the Division of Enrollment Management and Student Development and the Student Senate.<\/p>\n