Short film

Nashville Rises
2011 · 28 min
A short, heartfelt documentary that moves from flood devastation to community resilience, leaving you uplifted by ordinary people's strength.
- Directed by
- Zac Adams
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Billy Bob Thornton, Mark Slaughter, Julie Roberts
- Tagline
- A story of triumph... and the never drifting human spirit.
- Overview
- Nashville Rises is the first documentary film about the city of Nashville, Tennessee's response to the 2010 Tennessee floods. It premiered at the 42nd Nashville Film Festival on April 14, 2011 and received the festival's "Ground Zero Tennessee Spirit Award for Best Short Documentary Film". The film was narrated by Billy Bob Thornton and directed by Zac Adams.
- How it feels
- Earnest, uplifting and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Survival, healing, trauma, music
- Content
- Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Zac Adams
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Billy Bob Thornton, Mark Slaughter, Julie Roberts



