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Title:

When the levees broke [videorecording] : a requiem in four acts / 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks ; HBO Documentary Films ; [director, Spike Lee] ; producers, Sam Pollard, Spike Lee.

Format:

[videorecording] :

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publisher:

HBO Video,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

3 videodiscs (4 hr., 17 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Social aspects.
Hurricanes--New Orleans.--New Orleans.
Disasters--New Orleans.--New Orleans.
Disaster relief--New Orleans.--New Orleans.
Levees--New Orleans.--New Orleans.
Emergency management--Government policy--United States.
Disaster victims--New Orleans.--New Orleans.
New Orleans (La.)--Social conditions--21st century.
New Orleans (La.)--Economic conditions--21st century.
Desastres--New Orleans.--New Orleans.
Auxilio en los desastres--New Orleans.--New Orleans.
New Orleans (Luisiana)--Condiciones sociales--Siglo XXI.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Social aspects.
Hurricanes--New Orleans.--New Orleans.
Documentary television programs.
Historical television programs.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Historical--Television.
Films for the hearing impaired--Video recordings.

Other Authors:

Lee, Spike. pro pro
Pollard, Sam. pro
Nagin, Ray, 1956-
Penn, Sean, 1960-
Sharpton, Al.
Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-
Belafonte, Harry, 1927-
Charles, Cliff.
Gandbhir, Geeta.
Novack, Nancy.
Blanchard, Terence.
HBO Documentary Films.
Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks.
Home Box Office (Firm)
HBO Video (Firm)

Notes:

Featuring Ray Nagin, Sean Penn, Al Sharpton, Wynton Marsalis, Harry Belafonte. Documentary. "This has been a presentation of Home Box Office." Originally produced as a television documentary in 2006.

Contents:

Special features: on discs 1-2: Audio commentary by filmmaker Spike Lee; on disc 3: Next movement : Act V (108 min.); Water is rising (8 min.).
disc 1. Act I (65 min.) ; Act II (62 min.) -- disc 2. Act III (58 min.) ; Act IV (70 min.).

Summary:

The world watched in horror as Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on August 29, 2005. Many were shocked, not only by the scale of the disaster, but the slow, inept and disorganized response of the emergency and recovery efforts. Structured into four acts, each dealing with a different aspect of the events that preceded and followed Katrina's catastrophic passage through New Orleans. Tells the heartbreaking personal stories of those who endured this harrowing ordeal and survived to tell the tale.

ISBN:

078315075X
9780783150758

UPC:

026359397325

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