An American Opera (2007)

Directed by

Tom McPhee

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows the efforts to rescue pets after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. It shows the conflicts between pet owners, rescuers, and officials who had different priorities for saving animals.

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What happens

An American Opera is a 2007 documentary film by Tom McPhee chronicling the events following Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana, when pet owners were forced to evacuate without their pets. An American Opera follows the pets, vets, owners, officials, rescuers, and adopters of animals as they try to remedy the situation, revealing that not everyone had the same goal of saving animals. McPhee directed, narrated, and produced the film with the production companies Man Smiling Moving Pictures and Cave Studio. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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