Closed for Storm (2020)

Directed by

Jake Williams

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

57 min

Rated

PG

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about Six Flags New Orleans, an amusement park abandoned after Hurricane Katrina. It shows the park's decay and tells the story of how it became a ghost town.

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What happens

Closed for Storm is a 2020 documentary film by Canadian YouTube creator Jake Williams of Bright Sun Films. It focuses on Six Flags New Orleans, a Louisiana amusement park that has been abandoned since it was flooded during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The film was officially announced on January 17, 2020, in a video posted by Williams called "My Documentary Announcement." In July 2020, Williams previewed new clips of Closed for Storm on a podcast called Factual America. The documentary premiered at the New Orleans Film Festival on November 7, 2020. The film was released on streaming platforms in July 2021. The title of the film was based on the last message ever written on the main entrance sign to Six Flags New Orleans, in preparation for Hurricane Katrina in late-August 2005. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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