Meryl Streep won’t be stealing any scenes in her next gig.
The Oscar-winning actress narrates “Hurricane on the Bayou,” shot before and after Hurricane Katrina, MacGillivray Freeman Films announced Wednesday.
The documentary will open in New Orleans on Aug. 29 to mark the anniversary of Katrina’s surge through the Gulf Coast, the company said. It will be released in Los Angeles on Sept. 8 and in IMAX theaters worldwide on Dec. 22.
“Meryl Streep’s ability to connect with audiences and the depth she brings to everything she does makes her the ideal narrator for this film, which has so many moods,” director-producer Greg MacGillivray said in a statement.
In 1995, Streep lent her voice to his film, “The Living Sea.”
MacGillivray said “Hurricane on the Bayou” is a call to restore Louisiana’s coastal wetlands, which help protect New Orleans against deadly storms, as well as a “profound musical celebration of a city that has been called the soul of America.”
The film stars music producer-songwriter Allen Toussaint, blues singer-guitarist Tab Benoit, 14-year-old fiddler Amanda Shaw and zydeco accordion player Chubby Carrier.
Streep, 57, has won Oscars for her roles in “Sophie’s Choice” and “Kramer vs. Kramer.” Her screen credits also include “The Deer Hunter,” “Silkwood,” “Out of Africa” and “The Bridges of Madison County.”