Five Days at Memorial: Release Date, Plot, Cast and more!

Five Days at Memorial is an upcoming miniseries based on true events and the book by Sheri Fink, namely, Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital. Directed and written by Emmy Awarded Carlton Cuse and Academy Awarded John Ridley, the medical drama incorporates the occurrences and proceedings that took place during Hurricane Katrina. Keep reading to know more.

Five Days at Memorial: Plot and Cast

In August 2005, New Orleans witnessed what is regarded as one of the most destructive natural calamities in the history of the world. The catastrophic hurricane, named Katrina, was a Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that resulted in the death of approximately 1800 individuals and damage of around $125 billion. Five Days at Memorial has made an attempt to put up and portray certain elements of this disaster while maintaining the extent of the happenings as accurately as possible and permissible. The series revolves around the impact of Hurricane Katrina and its consequences on a hospital in New Orleans. As the floodwaters rise, the power fails and the heat soars, the fatigued and consumed caregivers of the local hospital have to forcibly decide on things that they will not be forgetting in their upcoming living years.

The cast of Five Days at Memorial includes Vera Farmiga as Dr. Anna Pou, Cornelius Smith Jr. as Dr. Bryant King, Adepero Oduye as Karen Wynn, Cherry Jones as Susan Mulderick, Julie Ann Emery as Diane Robichaux, Molly Hager as Virginia Rider, Joe Carroll as Michael Arvin, Michael Gaston as Arthur “Butcher” Schafer, Robert Pine as Horace Baltz, and W. Earl Brown as Ewing Cook.

Five Days at Memorial: Release Date

Five Days at Memorial releases on August 12, 2022, Friday, on Apple TV+. The show will premiere with three episodes following which, one episode will be launched weekly, every Friday, till September 16.

Five Days at Memorial: Trailer

Check out the official trailer of Five Days at Memorial here: