10 Years Later: How Fictional TV Shows Tackled Post-Katrina New Orleans

Norman Weiss August 26, 2015, 11:51 pm

10 years later: How fictional TV shows tackled post-Katrina New Orleans

HBO’s Tremé did the best to capture life in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, but many shows based in The Big Easy have failed to focus on the underlying issues that were uncovered from the 2005 tragedy.

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