I, regretfully, had not previously known about the severity of Hurricane Katrina until watching this very documentary. I knew that it was one of the most devastating natural disasters in American history and that it was the governments fault that it got so out of control. However, I hadn’t realized that it took numerous days for the federal government to even acknowledge the fact that they needed to do something about the crisis occurring. Or that when people were being relocated to cities such as San Antonio and Houston, families were being separated. Or that Bush and his team made a small section of New Orleans (Jackson Square to be exact) look prim and proper just because he was giving a speech and then when he left it went back to looking as destroyed as the rest of the city. Or that dead bodies were just left lying on the streets, floating in water, in houses for days on end. Hurricane Katrina was terrible to say the very least and Spike does such a great job of showcasing the emotions of the citizens of New Orleans, showcasing the devastation, while also filling in the gaps with fleeting moments of hope. I wasn’t alive when Katrina happened and I have no idea what it was like for all of the people impacted by it, but it’s very important that this story be told so that people like me know the truth from people who experienced it firsthand. Nearly everybody interviewed in this documentary are real people, real people who were affected by Katrina, real people who spoke about their true feelings surrounding the tragedy. There are so many heartbreaking moments, I found myself on the verge of tears numerous times. It’s just insane to me that a country such as America, a country that is supposedly the greatest, allowed for something like this to happen. The ineffectiveness of the government let this happen. Hurricanes are natural alright, but the reason Katrina decimated New Orleans was due to manmade reasons. Those levees should have been up to date, but the government didn’t care. It’s so easy for Bush or any other person in power to look at Katrina and say it was simply a powerful storm that led to the city being destroyed, but the truth of the matter is that if they actually wanted to help, if they actually cared, they would have done something a lot sooner. That clip of LBJ walking through the devastated flooded streets of New Orleans back in the 60s when Hurricane Betty hit speaks volumes as to how careless politicians have become in the matter of a few decades. I’m sure LBJ had his faults, but he was there, he let the people of New Orleans know he cared. Bush on the other hand? He waited weeks to show up and take responsibility and by that time, it was too little, too late. New Orleans is primarily made up of poor people and black people and that is what caused such a delayed response to the tragedy. That’s why I think only Spike could make this documentary because he understands that there is no story to tell unless you shed light on the fact that Katrina has everything to do with race. New Orleans wouldn’t be New Orleans without black people and yet, those big oil companies, the government, the insurance companies, they think they can just let Katrina kill off all of the people they don’t want so that they can do with the leftover land as they please. It’s despicable. It’s just so evil that those insurance companies denied claims and that the government was more focused on Iraq and states’ rights than actually helping people!!!! The mayor and the governor being in a petty feud didn’t help either. I’m very glad I watched this documentary. It’s sad, but it shows the events as they happened, it allows for the audience to hear from people who were impacted, and it showcases just how greedy, selfish, and incompetent the government is, yeah not was, IS!!!! It blows my mind that this happened and it blows my mind that I didn’t know so much about this until now. Everybody needs to learn about this. Also, I had some idea of how bad things were in the Superdome, but this really made me realize how terrible of a situation it was. They were just letting people die in there. Thousands of lives lost. I can’t wrap my head around it. The people of New Orleans were resilient though and I’m glad to see the city regain a lot of its population. I never knew that the population dropped by over 200,000 people after Katrina hit until I looked it up after watching this. I pray something like this never happens again. But if it does, it’s probably because the government was twiddling their thumbs instead of actually doing something, anything to help the people they “serve”. Spike truly outdid himself.

I, regretfully, had not previously known about the severity of Hurricane Katrina until watching this very documentary. I knew that it was one of the most devastating natural disasters in American history and that it was the governments fault that it got so out of control. However, I hadn’t realized that it took numerous days for the federal government to even acknowledge the fact that they needed to do something about the crisis occurring. Or that when people were being relocated to cities such as San Antonio and Houston, families were being separated. Or that Bush and his team made a small section of New Orleans (Jackson Square to be exact) look prim and proper just because he was giving a speech and then when he left it went back to looking as destroyed as the rest of the city. Or that dead bodies were just left lying on the streets, floating in water, in houses for days on end. Hurricane Katrina was terrible to say the very least and Spike does such a great job of showcasing the emotions of the citizens of New Orleans, showcasing the devastation, while also filling in the gaps with fleeting moments of hope. I wasn’t alive when Katrina happened and I have no idea what it was like for all of the people impacted by it, but it’s very important that this story be told so that people like me know the truth from people who experienced it firsthand. Nearly everybody interviewed in this documentary are real people, real people who were affected by Katrina, real people who spoke about their true feelings surrounding the tragedy. There are so many heartbreaking moments, I found myself on the verge of tears numerous times. It’s just insane to me that a country such as America, a country that is supposedly the greatest, allowed for something like this to happen. The ineffectiveness of the government let this happen. Hurricanes are natural alright, but the reason Katrina decimated New Orleans was due to manmade reasons. Those levees should have been up to date, but the government didn’t care. It’s so easy for Bush or any other person in power to look at Katrina and say it was simply a powerful storm that led to the city being destroyed, but the truth of the matter is that if they actually wanted to help, if they actually cared, they would have done something a lot sooner. That clip of LBJ walking through the devastated flooded streets of New Orleans back in the 60s when Hurricane Betty hit speaks volumes as to how careless politicians have become in the matter of a few decades. I’m sure LBJ had his faults, but he was there, he let the people of New Orleans know he cared. Bush on the other hand? He waited weeks to show up and take responsibility and by that time, it was too little, too late. New Orleans is primarily made up of poor people and black people and that is what caused such a delayed response to the tragedy. That’s why I think only Spike could make this documentary because he understands that there is no story to tell unless you shed light on the fact that Katrina has everything to do with race. New Orleans wouldn’t be New Orleans without black people and yet, those big oil companies, the government, the insurance companies, they think they can just let Katrina kill off all of the people they don’t want so that they can do with the leftover land as they please. It’s despicable. It’s just so evil that those insurance companies denied claims and that the government was more focused on Iraq and states’ rights than actually helping people!!!! The mayor and the governor being in a petty feud didn’t help either. I’m very glad I watched this documentary. It’s sad, but it shows the events as they happened, it allows for the audience to hear from people who were impacted, and it showcases just how greedy, selfish, and incompetent the government is, yeah not was, IS!!!! It blows my mind that this happened and it blows my mind that I didn’t know so much about this until now. Everybody needs to learn about this. Also, I had some idea of how bad things were in the Superdome, but this really made me realize how terrible of a situation it was. They were just letting people die in there. Thousands of lives lost. I can’t wrap my head around it. The people of New Orleans were resilient though and I’m glad to see the city regain a lot of its population. I never knew that the population dropped by over 200,000 people after Katrina hit until I looked it up after watching this. I pray something like this never happens again. But if it does, it’s probably because the government was twiddling their thumbs instead of actually doing something, anything to help the people they “serve”. Spike truly outdid himself.

Proof what Kanye said about George Bush was true

Proof what Kanye said about George Bush was true

oh my god i’m sobbing. so beautifully made, these people deserved so much better 💔💔 it was so jarring to hear bush say he “disagrees” when someone suggested they should’ve been spending their money and military helping katrina victims rather than terrorizing children in iraq….

oh my god i’m sobbing. so beautifully made, these people deserved so much better 💔💔 it was so jarring to hear bush say he “disagrees” when someone suggested they should’ve been spending their money and military helping katrina victims rather than terrorizing children in iraq….

spike lee has created such an essential viewing with this documentary. so heartbreaking

spike lee has created such an essential viewing with this documentary. so heartbreaking

“george bush doesn’t care about black people”

heartbreaking truly, como el gobierno es tan inútil y olvida a sus ciudadanos pobres tan fácilmente

“george bush doesn’t care about black people”

heartbreaking truly, como el gobierno es tan inútil y olvida a sus ciudadanos pobres tan fácilmente