Product Details

• Format: NTSC
• Region: All Regions
• Studio: CustomFlix
• DVD Release Date: May 31, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000FGZMHU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #316,423 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of The Katrina Damage DVDs, September 2, 2007

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George H. Martin "Music Lover" (Pacifica, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hell and High Water (DVD)

Of all the DVDs about the damage done by Hurricane Katrina, this one is the most informative and vivid. Like watching TV News as it happened.
Well worth the cost.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Historical, Educational, Emotional, Spiritual, October 3, 2006

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Linda LeBlanc "Author of Beyond the Summit" (Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hell and High Water (DVD)

We need more independent film makers like Jim wills and Pam Bell who tell the real story instead of sensationalizing it for the media. Shot four months after hurricane Katrina, Hell and High Water gives an true oral history in unscripted interviews with seven people who experienced the loss, frustration, aftermath, and on-going challenge of life in a destroyed city. It's more than a narrative about how the storm affected their lives. It raises larger questions critical to us all about the future safety of our country and our government response to disaster. The seven voices are honest and from the heart, giving us a far deeper understanding of what really happened. Viewing this remarkable work, we learn aspects of the storm and life itself not covered anywhere else.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A "Must See" Katrina documentary, March 2, 2007

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Richard Gabrio - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hell and High Water (DVD)

Wow! These folks did a great job: I'm guessing that it's not easy to find a collection of interesting and soulful people from a variety of walks of life to interview, and the film-makers certainly found them. The deft cross cutting of ongoing interviews with the scenes of the devastation of New Orleans very effectively underscored the breadth and depth of the Katrina disaster, too. More than anything else, the film successfully puts a human face on what it will take to deal with "Katrina's" aftermath. It's just a really outstanding documentary film of a powerful event that people throughout the country should see.