Closed for Storm

Closed for Storm is a 2020 documentary film by Canadian YouTube creator Jake Williams of Bright Sun Films. It focuses on Six Flags New Orleans, a Louisiana amusement park that has been abandoned since it was flooded during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.^[1][2][3]

Closed for Storm
Directed by	Jake Williams
Written by	Jake Williams
Produced by	Dan Bell Nicholas Novak John Shaw Darren Mercer
Narrated by	Jake Williams
Edited by	Zachary Rezowalli Derek Russell
Music by	Matthew Jordan Leeds
Production company	Bright Sun Films
Distributed by	MPX | Motion Picture Exchange Gravitas Ventures
Release dates	November 7, 2020 (2020-11-07) (NOFF) July 6, 2021 (2021-07-06)
Running time	78 minutes
Countries	United States Canada
Language	English

The film was officially announced on January 17, 2020, in a video posted by Williams called "My Documentary Announcement."^[4] In July 2020, Williams previewed new clips of Closed for Storm on a podcast called Factual America.^[5] The documentary premiered at the New Orleans Film Festival on November 7, 2020.^[6] The film was released on streaming platforms in July 2021.^[7] The title of the film was based on the last message ever written on the main entrance sign to Six Flags New Orleans, in preparation for Hurricane Katrina in late-August 2005.^[8]