Hope in High Water:
A People’s Recovery Twenty Years After Hurricane Katrina

A documentary from Pulitzer Prize- and Emmy Award-winning journalist Trymaine Lee, supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF).

"Released days before the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, “Hope in High Water: A People’s Recovery Twenty Years After Hurricane Katrina” highlights the leadership of communities in New Orleans and along Mississippi’s Gulf Coast working to rebuild and reimagine more equitable systems.

"The feature-length documentary marks Trymaine Lee’s return to the region, where he first reported on Katrina as part of The Times-Picayune newsroom in 2005. The film traces the arc of recovery through the voices of those who never left — educators, organizers, farmers and families who have spent two decades not only rebuilding but transforming the systems that failed their communities long before the storm."

Watch the trailer or the entire film via the project website