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Hurricane Katrina Myths Challenged In Nat Geo's 'Race Against Time,' Ahead Of 20th Anniversary
Hurricane Katrina Myths Challenged In Nat Geo's 'Race Against Time,' Ahead Of 20th Anniversary

It has been nearly two decades since Hurricane Katrina changed the city of New Orleans as we know it, and a new docuseries is drawing attention to not only the resilience of its survivors but also the responsibility of mainstream media in accurately informing and representing the masses. During a panel conducted at the 2025 Essence Fest, which has been held in New Orleans for over three decades, Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time director Traci A. Curry emphasized that this is not a reframing or revisiting of the natural disaster that continues to have an impact today. On holding the media responsible “I think I came to it both as someone who remembers being a spectator and watching the media coverage,” Curry told Blavity’s Shadow and Act in an interview ahead of the docuseries. “That particular moment that’s in Episode 4, where Wolf Blitzer says, ‘They’re so poor,’ I remember that. I mean, that stood out in my memory, and that’s just sort of an example of a place that I wanted to...

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