So one can only imagine what The Simpsons‘ news anchor would say about our government in the wake of Katrina. Luckily, Brockman’s alter ego Harry Shearer has done so, in his first foray into filmmaking, The Big Uneasy, still playing tonight and tomorrow at the Northwest Film Forum.

Shearer’s a part-time New Orleans resident, so he’s got a dog in this fight, and his documentary focuses the blame on the Army Corps of Engineers for going light on the engineering. To do so, Shearer speaks with residents, scientists, investigators, and whistleblowers to reveal the decades of flaws, corruption, and incompetence that led to levee failure and the not-so-natural disaster of Katrina. As a filmmaker, Shearer’s got a light touch and he mixes the comedy with the pathos, the journalism with the humanism, all of which is smoothed over by that even-keeled voice. Harry’s got nothing but love for the city, and that shines through, even amidst all the frustration.

Not enough celebrity filmmaking for you? Passione, John Turturro’s musical ode to Italy, starts its weeklong NWFF run on Friday.