From David Simon, creator of The Wire and Generation Kill, and Eric Overmyer, writer-executive producer of Law & Order, comes the new HBO series Treme. Set in New Orleans three months after Katrina. The series follows musicians, chefs, Mardi Gras Indians and ordinary New Orleanians as they try to rebuild their lives, their homes and their unique culture in the aftermath of the 2005 hurricane Katrina and levee failure that caused the near-death of the iconic American city.

Check out the teaser trailer for this exciting new series here

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