Description: Initially conceived of as an eye-opening journey into Louisiana’s disappearing wetlands and the dire consequences of a hypothetical hurricane, the production was in the process of simulating a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane in New Orleans when the Gulf Coast was struck with an all-too-real storm: Hurricane Katrina, which would become the most devastating and costly natural disaster in U.S. history. Moved by what they saw unfolding, the filmmakers forged on, turning their film into an impassioned, music-driven clarion call to rebuild the city that many call the soul of America and restore the wetlands that inspire and protect her from harm. (MacGillivray Freeman Films)