

4.344 minSeason 1 • Episode 5
LatestThe future of a devastated New Orleans hangs in the balance as its residents struggle to return, rebuild and restore their lives even 20 years later.
Offers the most intimate and profound exploration into the wide-ranging impacts of the Hurricane Katrina disaster to date. Weaving together critical moments of the crisis and the past events that precipitated it, the series delivers an unparalleled, emotionally raw examination of the storm’s personal, political and societal fallout.
Acting
Survivor testimonies hit harder than any scripted performance.
Editing
Brutal cross-cutting between then and now exposes institutional lies.
Production
Archival footage you've never seen, sourced from the ignored.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Katrina media coverage coined the racist 'looting vs. finding' photo caption phenomenon that journalism professors still teach as textbook bias.