Hexing a Hurricane (2006)

Directed by

Jeremy Campbell

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

45 min

How it feels

This documentary follows New Orleans residents before and after Hurricane Katrina. It starts with a Voodoo ceremony at the start of hurricane season and then shows how locals coped with the storm and its aftermath.

observationalgroundedsomberintimatelocal-perspectivepre-disasterpost-disasterresilient

What happens

Hexing a Hurricane is a 2006 documentary film about the effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans. It has been billed as the "First Katrina documentary" released by a New Orleanian. The film was directed by Jeremy Campbell and distributed by the National Film Network. The film's score was orchestrated by New Orleans artist Eric Laws. The film begins back when life was "normal" in New Orleans- six weeks before Hurricane Katrina and the associated levee failures devastated the city. Hexing a Hurricane opens with a 9th Ward Voodoo Ceremony at the start of Hurricane Season asking spirits for protection from dangerous storms. After the ominous hurricane strikes a few weeks following the VooDoo service, the film follows locals affected. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• Hurricane on the Bayou (2006)
• Big Easy to Big Empty: The Untold Story of the Drowning of New Orleans (2007)
• New Orleans Music in Exile (2006)
• Land of Opportunity (2011)
• Katrina Babies (2022)
• No Place like Home (2006)
• Trouble the Water (2008)
• The Big Uneasy (2010)