'' If God Is Willing and da Creek Do n't Rise '' is a 2010 documentary film directed by Spike Lee , as a follow-up to his 2006 HBO documentary film , '' When the Levees Broke : A Requiem in Four Acts '' . The film looks into the proceeding years since Hurricane Katrina struck the New Orleans and Gulf Coast region , and also focuses on the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and its effect on the men and women who work along the shores of the gulf . Many of the participants in '' Levees '' were also featured in this documentary
BP oil spill
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise