When the levees broke [videorecording] : a requiem in four acts / [a Spike Lee film] ; 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks ; HBO Documentary Films ; [director, Spike Lee] ; producers, Sam Pollard, Spike Lee ; executive producer, Sheila Nevins ; director of photography, Cliff Charles ; supervising editor, Sam Pollard ; editors, Geeta Gandbhir, Nancy Novack ; original music, Terence Blanchard.

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 e...

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Corporate Authors: HBO Documentary Films, Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks, Home Box Office (Firm), HBO Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Lee, Spike (Director, Producer), Pollard, Sam (Producer, Film editor), Nevins, Sheila (Producer), Nagin, Ray, 1956- (Performer), Penn, Sean, 1960- (Performer), Sharpton, Al (Performer), Marsalis, Wynton, 1961- (Performer), Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023 (Performer), Charles, Cliff (director of photography.), Blanchard, Terence (Composer)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Spanish
French
Published: New York, New York : HBO Video [Distributor], ©2006.
Edition:Widescreen.
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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.
Item Description:Originally produced as a television documentary in 2006.
Physical Description:3 DVDs (4 hr., 17 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital 2.0 stereo ; 16:9 aspect ratio.
Audience:TV parental guidelines rating: TV-14 (parents strongly cautioned); Canadian home video rating: 14A (suitable for people 14 years of age or older)
Awards:Venice International Film Festival, 2006: Venice Horizons Documentary Award, Human Rights Film Network Award; Image Awards, 2007: Image Award (nominated); Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, 2007: BCFA Award (nominated); American Cinema Editors, 2007: best edited documentary (nominated)
Production Credits:Director of photography, Cliff Charles ; supervising editor, Sam Pollard ; editors, Geeta Gandbhir, Nancy Novack ; original music, Terence Blanchard.
ISBN:078315075X
9780783150758