Katrina Babies

Name: Katrina Babies
Genre: Documentary
Released: August 24, 2022
Duration: 79 min
Rating: 86
Cast: Arnould Burks, Calvin Baxter, Cierra Chenier, Damaris Calliet, Miesha Williams

2022

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HBO Max | Release Date (Streaming): August 24, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Arnould Burks, Calvin Baxter, Cierra Chenier, Damaris Calliet, Miesha Williams, Quintina Thomas Green

Summary: Sixteen years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, an entire generation still grapples with the lifelong impact of having their childhood redefined by tragedy. New Orleans filmmaker Edward Buckles Jr., who was 13 years old during Katrina and its initial aftermath, spent seven years documenting the stories of his peers whoSixteen years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, an entire generation still grapples with the lifelong impact of having their childhood redefined by tragedy. New Orleans filmmaker Edward Buckles Jr., who was 13 years old during Katrina and its initial aftermath, spent seven years documenting the stories of his peers who survived the storm as children, using his community’s tradition of oral storytelling to open a door for healing and to capture the strength and spirit of his city.… Expand

Director: Edward Buckles Jr.

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 79 min

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Mike Scott

Aug 24, 2022

It’s Buckles’ first film, and it’s an exceptional debut. Blending archival footage, singular animation and a wealth of interviews, he delivers a vital document that is at once intimate, honest, engaging and indelible. Read full review

Lovia Gyarkye

Aug 24, 2022

Katrina Babies is an assertion of presence, a proclamation that the devastating hurricane is not simply a past story, but a present one too. Read full review

Lisa Kennedy

Aug 24, 2022

Katrina Babies is deeply personal and thoughtfully political. Read full review

Noel Murray

Aug 26, 2022

Buckles’ greatest asset is his subjects, many of whom have never spoken before about the trauma that the adults and authority figures in their lives have expected them to endure, bravely and stoically. Read full review

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Sep 7, 2022

Young filmmaker Edward Buckles Jr. goes through a cathartic experience by asking the black people who suffered the Katrina disaster as children one simple question: "are you ok?"

'Katrina Babies' frames the struggle of the black community during the aftermath of the hurricane. TheYoung filmmaker Edward Buckles Jr. goes through a cathartic experience by asking the black people who suffered the Katrina disaster as children one simple question: "are you ok?"

'Katrina Babies' frames the struggle of the black community during the aftermath of the hurricane. The interviews are as sad as impactful, but Buckles Jr. isn't interested in melodrama; these conversations try to bring awareness to the importance of providing aid — physical and mental — to everyone, not just to white people.

This documentary must perdure as a fair claim of the injustice in the United States. Everyone deserves salvation after catastrophes like this one, but 'Katrina Babies" sadly reminds us that only white lives matter.… Expand

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