
United States,
2008
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90 min.
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Dir. Tia Lessin
Native New Orleanian and aspiring rap artist Kimberly Roberts documents the events of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, including her own family’s efforts to bust through FEMA red tape and rebuild in Memphis. The New York Times says it's a "powerful political argument, backed by evidence provided by the shaming indifference of the government, that to be poor and black in America is to be an exile in America." (Codirectors Tia Lessin and Carl Deal scheduled to attend.)