BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Former Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul (2018-2024) sat down with renowned director Spike Lee for his latest project, a three-part documentary, ‘ Katrina: Come Hell and High Water .’
The three-part Netflix documentary revisits Hurricane Katrina ’s devastation, survivors’ stories, and the systemic failures that left New Orleans and the Gulf Coast vulnerable 20 years ago.
The documentary features several New Orleans residents, some more recognizable, including actor Wendell Pierce, who grew up in Ponchartrain Park, and former Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu.
Lee also sat down with those who had boots on the ground during the flooding and aftermath, such as retired Army Lt. Gen. Russell Honoré and Murphy Paul, who, at the time, was a Louisiana State Trooper as