Focus on it.
Producers:
Ryan and Zinzi Coogler
Episode 2, Worst Case Scenario, captures the terrifying moment the levees broke and the city began to flood “like a bathtub.” With emergency services overwhelmed, everyday people risked their lives to save neighbors and strangers alike.
Coogler, known for using his lens to amplify Black voices and lived experiences, said it was important that the story be told through the people who were there—not pundits or politicians.
“What happened in New Orleans wasn’t just a natural disaster,” Coogler explained. “It was the result of long-standing neglect, inequality, and abandonment. The people of New Orleans were left to fend for themselves.”
https://newsone.com/6330445/ryan-coogler-new-series-exposes-real-story-of-katrina-america/
That might be a project for a Brad Pitt type of Hollywood producer.
In the Documentary they quote Wolfe Blitzer (tool extraordinaire) -
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jul/27/hurricane-katrina-race-against-time-national-geographic-docuseries
I think in episode four that I remember watching in real time of Wolf Blitzer as images of masses of Black people [are on screen] and he goes, ‘They’re so poor. They’re so Black.’ And yes, there were a lot of poor, Black people – but it just felt so dehumanizing and just deindividuated Black suffering. I really wanted to dismantle that, like, no, these are individuals with a life, with a story, with family, with feelings, who experienced a loss.”
37 seconds of 45 seconds
I think for Black Americans, we look at Katrina as it relates to the narrative of Black Americans - as the first time the facade of 'equality' really cracked. Black Film Makers/Producers will tend to speak up for us, more than they will other folks.
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