JCP
09-04-2010, 03:50 PM
FILM ART, TROUBLE THE WATER, COMES TO COLORSCAPE
NORWICH – Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival is proud to announce the arrival at the 16th Annual Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival in downtown Norwich, September 11 and 12, of Trouble the Water, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and Academy Award Nominee Best Documentary Feature.
“This is the first time we’ve brought film art to Colorscape,” says Colorscape Executive Director Peggy Finnegan. “We’re very pleased to be showing this award-winning film during Colorscape. And the best part, as with all entertainment at Colorscape, entrance to the film is free to the public.”
Trouble the Water will show at the Howard Johnson’s ballroom, 75 North Broad Street, Norwich, on Saturday, September 11, at 8:00 pm. Admission is free as part of the Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival. Seating is limited to the first 200, so please arrive early. Please note that the film is R-rated.
Trouble the Water is an astonishingly powerful documentary that is at once horrifying and exhilarating. Directed and produced by Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine producers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, Trouble the Water take you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on screen.
The film opens the day before the storm makes landfall—just blocks away from the French Quarter but far from the New Orleans that most tourists knew. Kimberly Rivers Roberts, an aspiring rap artist, is turning her new video camera on herself and her 9th Ward neighbors trapped in the city. “It’s going to be a day to remember,” Kim declares.
As the hurricane begins to rage and the floodwaters fill their world and the screen, Kim and her husband Scott continue to film their harrowing retreat to higher ground and the dramatic rescues of friends and neighbors. Lessin and Deal document the couple’s return to New Orleans, the devastation of their neighborhood and the appalling repeated failures of government.
Weaving an insider’s view of Katrina with a mix of verité and in-your-face filmmaking, Trouble the Water is a redemptive tale of self-described street hustlers who become heroes—two unforgettable people who survive the storm and then seize a chance for a new beginning.
“The evening showing is the perfect bridge continuing the celebration of art and community that exemplifies Colorscape weekend,” says Finnegan.
Located on the greens of East and West Parks in the city of Norwich, Colorscape features over 90 juried artists and crafters selling their wares in an interactive atmosphere that includes live music, artist demonstrations, literary and arts activities for all ages, student art exhibits, a competitive poetry slam and the finest in creative food.
For more information:
Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival
P.O. Box 624
Norwich, NY 13815
info@colorscape.org
www.colorscape.org (http://www.colorscape.org/)
NORWICH – Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival is proud to announce the arrival at the 16th Annual Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival in downtown Norwich, September 11 and 12, of Trouble the Water, winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and Academy Award Nominee Best Documentary Feature.
“This is the first time we’ve brought film art to Colorscape,” says Colorscape Executive Director Peggy Finnegan. “We’re very pleased to be showing this award-winning film during Colorscape. And the best part, as with all entertainment at Colorscape, entrance to the film is free to the public.”
Trouble the Water will show at the Howard Johnson’s ballroom, 75 North Broad Street, Norwich, on Saturday, September 11, at 8:00 pm. Admission is free as part of the Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival. Seating is limited to the first 200, so please arrive early. Please note that the film is R-rated.
Trouble the Water is an astonishingly powerful documentary that is at once horrifying and exhilarating. Directed and produced by Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine producers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, Trouble the Water take you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on screen.
The film opens the day before the storm makes landfall—just blocks away from the French Quarter but far from the New Orleans that most tourists knew. Kimberly Rivers Roberts, an aspiring rap artist, is turning her new video camera on herself and her 9th Ward neighbors trapped in the city. “It’s going to be a day to remember,” Kim declares.
As the hurricane begins to rage and the floodwaters fill their world and the screen, Kim and her husband Scott continue to film their harrowing retreat to higher ground and the dramatic rescues of friends and neighbors. Lessin and Deal document the couple’s return to New Orleans, the devastation of their neighborhood and the appalling repeated failures of government.
Weaving an insider’s view of Katrina with a mix of verité and in-your-face filmmaking, Trouble the Water is a redemptive tale of self-described street hustlers who become heroes—two unforgettable people who survive the storm and then seize a chance for a new beginning.
“The evening showing is the perfect bridge continuing the celebration of art and community that exemplifies Colorscape weekend,” says Finnegan.
Located on the greens of East and West Parks in the city of Norwich, Colorscape features over 90 juried artists and crafters selling their wares in an interactive atmosphere that includes live music, artist demonstrations, literary and arts activities for all ages, student art exhibits, a competitive poetry slam and the finest in creative food.
For more information:
Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival
P.O. Box 624
Norwich, NY 13815
info@colorscape.org
www.colorscape.org (http://www.colorscape.org/)