The Big Uneasy
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The Big Uneasy

DirectorHarry Shearer

6.8 / 10
2010
98 min
Documentary

Almost five years ago, a disaster struck New Orleans. The media said it was a natural disaster primarily affecting poor black people. On both counts, the media was wrong.In his feature--length documentary The Big Uneasy, humorist and New Orleans resident Harry Shearer gets the inside story of a disaster that could have been prevented from the people who were there

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