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Katrina Babies

2022-06-14 · 81 min · ★ 6.8

Documentary

A first-person account of the short-term and long-term devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina, as told by young people who were between the ages of 3 and 19 when the levees broke.

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Directors
Edward Buckles, Edward Buckles Jr.
Production companies
HBO Documentary Films, Invisible Pictures, TIME Studios, Creative Control, House of the Young Entertainment
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

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Calvin BaxterSelf
Arnould BurksSelf
Damaris CallietSelf
Cierra ChenierSelf
Quintina Thomas GreenSelf
Miesha WilliamsSelf

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