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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

Published
[New York?] : HBO Video, [2006]
Copyright Date
©2006
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (4 hr., 15 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (vii, 104 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm)
Additional Creators
Lee, Spike, Pollard, Sam, Nevins, Sheila, 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), and HBO Video (Firm)

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Language Note
Closed-captioned.
In English with optional Spanish soundtrack; optional subtitles in French or Spanish.
Contents
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.
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Related Titles
Teaching the levees, a curriculum for democratic dialogue and civic engagement
Audience Notes
TV parental guidelines rating: TV-14 (parents strongly cautioned); Canadian home video rating: 14A (suitable for people 14 years of age or older).
Note
Documentary.
"This has been a presentation of Home Box Office."
Originally produced as a television documentary in 2006.
Guide has title: Teaching the levees, a curriculum for democratic dialogue and civic engagement / edited by Margaret Smith Crocco.
"93973"--Disc label.
UP-PAT owns guide only.
Creation/Production Credits Note
Director of photography, Cliff Charles ; supervising editor, Sam Pollard ; editors, Geeta Gandbhir, Nancy Novack ; original music, Terence Blanchard.
Participant/Performer Note
Featuring Ray Nagin, Sean Penn, Al Sharpton, Wynton Marsalis, Harry Belafonte.
Technical Details
DVD; region 1; widescreen presentation (16:9) ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital 2.0 stereo.
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).
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