Treme takes place three months after Hurricane Katrina. It captures the events and feelings that rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina must have been like. Some are just trying to get on their feet, some were left homeless, and some moved completely away. All three scenarios are captured in Treme. It does a good job showing the humanity of the people who are still in New Orleans. It shows that even though they are rebuilding, many of the characters are still facing trauma. I think the show does good at showing what life must have been like after such a natural disaster.
As an art piece, it does a nice job capturing some of the emotions through music and acting. I think the little details in the show really do a wonderful job at capturing the humanity and trauma of some of the main characters. I think also having the city still in disarray makes it easy to understand the difficulty of rebuilding as well as the resilience of those living there.