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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.

Requiem in four acts (portion title)
Alexander, Shelton. (Added Author). Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023 (Added Author). Blanchard, Terence. (Added Author). Blanchard, Wilhelmina. (Added Author). Blanco, Kathleen. (Added Author). Brinkley, Douglas. (Added Author). Charles, Cliff. (Added Author). Gandbhir, Geeta. (Added Author). Lee, Spike, (director,, producer.). Lee, Spike. (Added Author). Lee, Spike. (director, producer). Marsalis, Wynton, 1961- (Added Author). Nagin, Ray, 1956- (Added Author). Novack, Nancy. (Added Author). Penn, Sean, 1960- (Added Author). Pollard, Sam, (producer.). Pollard, Sam. (Added Author). Pollard, Sam. (producer). Sharpton, Al. (Added Author). Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks. (Added Author). HBO Documentary Films. (Added Author). HBO Video (Firm) (Added Author). Home Box Office (Firm) (Added Author). Warner Home Video (Firm) (Added Author).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 078315075X
  • ISBN: 9780783150758
  • Physical Description: 3 videodiscs (4 hr., 17 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen.
  • Publisher: [New York, N.Y.?] : HBO Video, [2006]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"This has been a presentation of Home Box Office."
Documentary.
Originally produced as a television documentary in 2006.
Formatted Contents Note:
disc 1. Act I (65 min.) ; Act II (62 min.) -- disc 2. Act III (58 min.) ; Act IV (70 min.).
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.).
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Cliff Charles ; supervising editor, Sam Pollard ; editors, Geeta Gandbhir, Nancy Novack ; original music, Terence Blanchard.
Participant or Performer Note:
Featuring Ray Nagin, Sean Penn, Al Sharpton, Wynton Marsalis, Harry Belafonte.
Target Audience Note:
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:
Closed captioned.
In English with optional Spanish soundtrack; optional subtitles in French or Spanish.
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).

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  • 7 of 7 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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