Water coolers will be abuzz with talk about Spike Lee’s new documentary premiering on HBO this week. “If God is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise” is a follow up to Lee’s 2006 documentary, “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts,” chronicling New Orleans’ remarkable and somewhat exhaustive journey to recover after the disaster of Hurricane Katrina.
The film will definitely evoke strong emotions from the people of metro New Orleans, both those home, and those still trying to make it back, as well as people around the country; maybe even the world.
Lee seems to hold nothing back. Covering people still dying to get back home years later; the perceived failure of the government to protect and serve its people; the economically-crippling oil spill by British Petroleum (BP); and the monumental Saints season that lead to a Super bowl victory that seemed to lift the spirits of the entire nation.
Hate it or love it… everyone will have something to say about this documentary. And maybe that’s Lee’s objective; not to make a film that people love, but to make a film that will incite responses and keep the discourse open. In which case, he nailed it.
If God is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise will debut on HBO in two parts. Part one on Monday, August 23rd and part two on Tuesday, August 24th at 8pm CST.
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