This was so interesting. Katrina should be something that no of us should be tired of hearing about. While troops were abroad fighting a senseless *** war with people Bush was in bed with (check out Ferenheight 911) our own people were suffering. I wanted to find that sister and brother and give them a hug, money the whole nine. Racism is so embedded in American society. They just aren't string blacks from trees, now. My hats off to all who were involved with this project. It should shake up some things. To Kimberly (Black Cold Madina): THE MUSIC IS TIGHT....KEEP IT COMING.

It's a powerful documentary that reminds us of our humanity and the will to survive.

Apparently someone in the lower ninth ward, who did not evacuate, had a movie camera going during the hurricane. Very interesting look at what it was like to stay with the water rising. It also showed how people helped each other. It also showed our government's less than stellar response, and the non-repsonse of both the city and state. In my opinion they should be the first responders to things like this, not the federal government, and they failed totally. It also showed how people, who left afterwards, could see what a terrible life they had, and to appreciate how it could be better if they didn't go back. Depressingly, it also showed that in the end, they couldn't prevent themselves from going back. This was not a slick documentary. Most of it was by the people these things actually happened to, so it was much more compelling to watch than a normal documentary would be. Even a lot of the totally bad camera work enhanced the feeling of being there.

THE SHAKINESS OF THE FILM FOR MUCH OF THE TIME ACTUALLY MADE ME SICK,LIKE SEA SICKNESS AND I HAD TO LEAVE ABOUT 7O% OF THE WAY THROUGH. I DID LIKE THE THINGS THAT WERE SHOWN AND HOW IT CAPTURED THE THINGS PEOPLE WENT THROUGH. THE PHOTOGRAPHER/VICTIMS WERE WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND SHOWED REAL "NEIGHBORS KEEPER "ATTITUDES. THEY SHOULD BE COMMENDED AND NEVER FORGOTTEN.

The beginning was a bit slow and I'm not sure I would have edited the same way going back and forth from past to present so much but all in all it was a fabulous movie. It was sad, frightening, eye-opening and uplifting. Even if you think you know the story, you will get a first-hand account of what really happened. It will also give you a glimpse and some understanding of the lives of people from another culture.