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The documentary series is exceptionally well-made-thrilling, disturbing, and absolutely worth watching.

Some reviews criticize its focus on the treatment of African American residents, but that is a shallow interpretation. The series' real focus is on the poor, the elderly, and the disabled-those who had no means to escape the catastrophe. Many of these individuals happened to be African American, so the attention naturally falls there-not out of racial emphasis, but because these were the people most severely affected, both during and after the hurricane.

Across its episodes, the series examines the disaster from multiple perspectives, including official accounts, media narratives, and the voices of those on the ground. Even so, the neglect, misinformation, and mistreatment are clear to see. The contrast between the political handling of the crisis and the suffering of people left starving and dehydrated in the streets is impossible to ignore. The viewer is left to witness the events as they unfolded-and to draw conclusions that are hard to dispute.