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Streep narrates documentary
03/08/2006 13:06 - (SA)
New York - Meryl Streep will narrate a documentary shot before and after Hurricane Katrina, the production company said on Wednesday.
The Oscar-winning actress narrates Hurricane on the Bayou, which will open in New Orleans on August 29 to mark the anniversary of Katrina's surge through the Gulf Coast, MacGillivray Freeman Films said.
It will be released in Los Angeles on September 8 and in Imax theatres worldwide on December 22.
"Meryl Streep's ability to connect with audiences and the depth she brings to everything she does makes her the ideal narrator for this film, which has so many moods," director-producer Greg MacGillivray said in a statement.
In 1995, Streep lent her voice to his film, The Living Sea.
MacGillivray said Hurricane on the Bayou is a call to restore Louisiana's coastal wetlands, which help protect New Orleans against deadly storms, as well as a "profound musical celebration of a city that has been called the soul of America".
The film stars music producer-songwriter Allen Toussaint, blues singer-guitarist Tab Benoit, 14-year-old fiddler Amanda Shaw and zydeco accordion player Chubby Carrier.
Streep, 57, has won Oscars for her roles in Sophie's Choice and Kramer vs Kramer.
Her screen credits also include The Deer Hunter, Silkwood, Out of Africa, The Bridges of Madison County and The Devil Wears Prada.
On the net:
hurricaneonthebayou.com
www.merylstreeponline.net
- AP
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