Hurricane Katrina will be the centerpiece of a new drama from the Apple TV+ streaming platform.
Based on a true story and adapted from a book by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sheri Fink, Five Days at the Memorial chronicles the immediate and long-term effects of Hurricane Katrina on a New Orleans hospital. Faced with floods, power outages and suffocating heat, exhausted medical staff had to make decisions that took years to complete.
Teaser for Five Days at the Memorial
Five Days at the Memorial, an eight-episode miniseries created by John Ridley and Carlton Cuse, debuts on Apple TV+ on August 12. The cast includes Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air, The Conjuring), Robert Pine (CHiP), Cherry Jones (Transparent, Legacy), Julie Ann Emery (Better Call Saul, Preacher)), Cornelius Smith Jr. (“Scandal”, “Do It Yourself”).: Inspired by the life of Madame CJ Walker), Adepero Oduye (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, The Outcast), Molly Hager (Lucky, It’s a Little Funny Story), Michael Gaston (Blindspot, The Leftovers) and W. Earl Brown. (Deadwood, Preacher).
