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If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise A heartbreaking, educational, inspirational, in-depth, controversial, 4-hour Spike Lee documentary that is a 2010 HBO sequel to his 2005 film When the Leeves Broke in which the filmmaker that chronicles the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Deepwater Horizon explosion in April 2010 and gives an update to the state of housing development, governmental infrastructure, medical and social services, economy, educational system, and environmental impacts in gulf coast states through interview snippets with actors (such as Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, and Wendell Pierce), attorneys (such as Scott Beckford, Monique Harden, Mary Howell, Dennis Reich, and Joseph Bruno), FEMA director Michael Brown, security chief Eddie Compass, criminologist Peter Scharf, coastal scientist Dr. Ivor Van Heerden, resident corps of engineer manager Victor Zillmer, mayors (Mitch Landrieu, Annise Parker, and C. Ray Nagin), community organizer Tanya Harris, ministers Gary Moore and R.C. Blakes Jr., writers (Doug Brinkley, Phyllis Montana-Leblanc, Ned Sublette, and John Barry), nursing student Kimberley Polk, Creative Alliance of New Orleans President Jeanne Nathan, urban planner J. T. Hannan, housing projects resident Sharon Sears Jasper, deputy director Shawn Escoffery, school Superintendant Paul Vallas, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Senator Karen Carter Peterson, school representative Lauella Givens, rapper Darnell Harrington, co-directors of Louisiana Justice Institute Tracie L. Washington and Jacques Morial, journalists (such as Anderson Cooper, Brentin Mock, and Jarvis DeBerry), radio talk show host Garland Robinettes, ER doctor Ben Marble, musicians (such as Harry Cook, Terence Blanchard, and Dr. John), activist M. Endesha Tuakali, Gulf residents Shelton Shakespear Alexander and Curtis Green, scenic artist Mike Seelig, EPA administrator Lisa P. Jackson, politicians John Kerry, and eyewitnesses David Hammer, Dustin King, and Albert Andry III to the Deepwater Horizon oilrig explosion.   Redhead: Year: 2010 Rating:  NR View If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise on the Internet Movie Database