r/netflix • u/ciscnzhnrq • 1d 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 1d 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 1d ago

Yep complete padding. Could have just had 2 episodes.

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u/SunsetDreamer43 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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/Conscious-Check-5015 1d ago

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

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u/riverratriver 1d ago

Yup, they did a horrible job with it. Those still shot intros were a hot mess, and why did they show previously showed footage? There has to be more than two clips of the lt general screaming “guns down!”

The only thing that made it worth the 90 minutes was Bunk.

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u/rdnyc19 1d ago

Agreed. I felt like the third episode veered too far off topic. A lot of it was about the pandemic and Covid vaccines and gun violence, none of which really connect to the storm or its aftermath.

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u/Frosty_Builder7550 1d ago

Agree. I stopped the 3rd episode after about 15 minutes. 2 was enough.

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u/dr_clAWW 1d ago

I also thought it was odd, but I liked it 🤷‍♀️

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u/Ill_Ad2465 15h ago

Came here to say the same thing. The editing and continuity issues were so jarring. The last ep jumped around with random text popping up that wasn’t in the first two. Definitely seemed directed and edited by an entirely different team.

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u/cruthkaye 9h ago

i like the episode but some of the creative choices were odd. kept thinking the screen froze with the interviews.

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u/Sorry_Rhubarb_7068 3h ago

I thought it was done after first two and didn’t watch third yet. Thanks for sparing me.

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u/everlasting_torment 1d ago

Agreed! I accused my partner of turning on one we had already watched.