- Country: USA
- Genres: Crime, Drama
- Release: 2007-05-15
- Director: Greg Carter , Shawn McElveen
- Writers: Greg Carter , Joseph A. Elmore Jr. , Clarence Thomas III
- Language: English
- Stars: Michael Anthony Jackson , Karen Yelverton , Andrae Noel , Dirt , Jalene Mack , Marcus Newman Comier , Mikko Murray , Franklin J. Anderson , Mookie Jones , Theodore Jones
- Runtime: 88 min
- Awards: 1 win
- AKA: Waters Rising (United States of America) , Hurricane Katrina and the Project Named Desire (United States of America) , Desire (United States of America) , Hurricane Katrina and the Desire Projects (United States of America) , Waters Rising
- Plot:
Two Hurricane Katrina evacuees from the Desire Projects in New Orleans who both end up in Houston after the storm. The storm twists the fates of these two men. The first, Jay Dee, was a feared and powerful crime boss who is humbled when he loses everything and winds up as a lowly clerk at a retail chain store. The second, Shawn, an underachieving poor kid from the neighborhood gets a fresh start and becomes a writer/novelist.
- IMDB:tt0762089
Waters Rising Cast · · · ALL
Greg Carter
Director
Shawn McElveen
Director
Franklin J. Anderson
Aw Shit
Jerome Six Booker
Yellow Shirt
Michael Anthony Jackson
Gangster
Andrae Noel
Killer
Kevin Moore
Auctioneer
Amy Morris
Margie
Jalene Mack
Crackhead Carol