“Five Days at Memorial”: the video takes us behind the scenes of the new series starring Vera Farmiga; Check!

Apple TV+ has released a new promotional video for “Five Days at Memorial,” a series based on the tragedy caused by Hurricane Katrina.

The featurette takes us behind the scenes of the production and reveals details about how this tragic story came to life.

Production is scheduled for August 12 on the streaming platform.

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Created by John Ridley (“12 Years a Slave”) and Carlton Cuse (“Lost”), the miniseries revolves around the first five days after Hurricane Katrina caused destruction at a New Orleans hospital.

Ridley and Cuse are also joining as writers, executive producers, and directors.

Robert Pine, Cherry Jones, Julie Ann Emery, Cornelius Smith Jr., Adepero Oduye, Molly Hager, Michael Gaston and W. Earl Brown round out the cast.

The production is based on the nonfiction novel “Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital” by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sheri Fink.

Check out the official synopsis for the book below:

In the tradition of the best investigative journalism, physicist and journalist Sheri Fink reenacts five days at Memorial Medical Center and takes readers into the lives of those who struggled to survive amid the chaos.

After the impact of Katrina and the rising waters, the power went out, the heat rose, exhausted caregivers chose to assign some patients to last aid. Months later, countless medical professionals have faced criminal allegations of deliberately injecting drugs into patients to hasten their death.

“Five Days at Memorial”, the culmination of six years of reporting, delves into the mystery of what happened during this time, taking the reader to the hospital and fighting for their life, as well as a conversation on the most horrible health rationing of all time .everything.

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