When the levees broke : a requiem in four acts
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When the levees broke : a requiem in four acts
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- Label
- When the levees broke : a requiem in four acts
- Title remainder
- a requiem in four acts
- Statement of responsibility
- [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
- Subject
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- Biographical films
- DVD-Video discs
- Disaster relief -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- Disaster victims -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- Disasters -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- Documentary films
- Documentary films
- Documentary television programs
- Documentary television programs -- United States
- Emergency management -- Government policy -- United States
- Feature films
- Auxilio en los desastres -- Luisiana | New Orleans
- Historical films
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Social aspects
- Hurricanes -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- Levees -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- Muros de contención -- Luisiana | New Orleans
- New Orleans (La.) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
- New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- Video recordings
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Historical films
- Biographical films
- Language
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- eng
- spa
- eng
- fre
- spa
- eng
- eng
- Summary
- "As the world watched in horror, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on August 29, 2005. Like many who watched the unfolding drama on television news, director Spike Lee was shocked not only by the scale of the disaster, but by the slow, inept and disorganized response of the emergency and recovery effort. Lee was moved to document this modern American tragedy, a morality play witnessed by people all around the world. The result is 'When the Levees Broke: a Requiem in Four Acts.' The film is structured in four acts, each dealing with a different aspect of the events that preceded and followed Katrina's catastrophic passage through New Orleans. The film is an intimate portrait of New Orleans in the wake of the destruction, and tells the heartbreaking personal stories of those who endured this harrowing ordeal and survived to tell the tale of misery, despair and triumph."--Container notes
- Awards note
- 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).
- Cataloging source
- TEFMT
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Director of photography, Cliff Charles ; supervising editor, Sam Pollard ; editors, Geeta Gandbhir, Nancy Novack ; original music, Terence Blanchard
- Dewey number
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- 551.55/2
- 551.55
- Intended audience
- TV parental guidelines rating: TV-14 (parents strongly cautioned) ; Canadian home video rating: 14A (suitable for people 14 years of age or older)
- Language note
- In English with optional Spanish soundtrack; optional subtitles in French or Spanish ; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
- LC call number
- HV636 2005.L8
- LC item number
- W496 2006
- PerformerNote
- Featuring Ray Nagin, Sean Penn, Al Sharpton, Wynton Marsalis, Harry Belafonte
- Runtime
- 257
- Technique
- live action
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