r/netflix • u/ciscnzhnrq • 7h ago

Recommendation Katrina - Come Hell or High Water

This documentary produced by Spike Lee was very informative and really well done. What a complete tragedy to the people and community. Everyone needs to watch this.

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u/i_love_php 6h ago

I found the 3rd episode odd, it’s like the first 2 episodes told a story and then the last episode was done by a separate director who hadn’t seen the first 2 episodes. They re introduced every actor like we haven’t seen them before and retold the story like we didn’t just hear it.

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u/Agreeable-Bike-3782 5h ago

Yep complete padding. Could have just had 2 episodes.

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u/Conscious-Check-5015 5h ago

Each episode was done by a different director. The third episode was Spike Lee's contribution.

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u/SunsetDreamer43 1h ago

I watched the first two episodes, read the blurb about the third one, noticed it’s 90 mins long and thought “I’ll maybe watch it another time”. I thought the end of the second episode was a natural end.

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u/HateSpinnerbait 1h ago

I suggest taking the time and watching the 3rd episode. It quickly talks about and reiterates the first two episode in a way, but then it heavily goes into the aftermath of New Orleans. I didn’t know they fired all the school personnel and then brought in outside ppl to teach, which is weird. But it feels like it heavily focuses more on the rebuilding of New Orleans and who they left out of that rebuilding, which they didn’t touch on in the first two episodes.

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u/kangaroowallabi 34m ago

I'm glad I'm not the only one, I was so confused. Ep 3 was supposed to be the most powerful, showing the aftermath 5-10-20 years on. Instead it looked like they handed scenes that didn"t make the cut for the first two episodes to an editing team that only knew how to use Powerpoint. I stopped watching half way.

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u/-SOFA-KING-VOTE- 7h ago

There is another Spike Lee doc on it from years ago - When The Levees Broke

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u/Independent_Sea502 1h ago

Exactly. This is the better option.

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u/daily_apprehensive 6h ago

Why haven’t we, as a public, eviscerated Mike Brown yet? What a monster of a human. That man should be living in fear of being recognized.

Honore, on the other hand, is fantastic. I’ll vote for him for President any day.

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u/Glittering-Panic-131 5h ago

My god I love this dude! There’s another new Katrina doc out on Hulu, he is giving it to em!

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u/mind-obscured 7h ago

I'm going to watch this tonight, I was saving it for when I had a free evening. I'm glad to know it's good.

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u/Conscious-Check-5015 5h ago

I really was impressed with it. Reminded me of some awful things I had forgotten. The racism is really in-your-face shocking...

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u/mind-obscured 4h ago

I'm watching it now and I completely agree with you. Very uncomfortably shocking