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 ; executive producer, Sheila Nevins.
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); HBO Video (Firm)
2006
HV636 2005 .L8 W496 2006
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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 ; executive producer, Sheila Nevins.
Edition Widescreen.
ISBN 078315075X
9780783150758
Imprint [New York?] : HBO Video, c2006.
Language English
Language Note Closed-captioned.
In English with optional Spanish soundtrack; optional subtitles in French or Spanish.
Description 3 videodiscs (4 hr., 17 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Standard Identifiers 026359397325
Call Number HV636 2005 .L8 W496 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification 976.335064
Distributor No. 93973 HBO Video
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.
Note Documentary.
"This has been a presentation of Home Box Office."
Originally produced as a television documentary in 2006.
Featuring Ray Nagin, Sean Penn, Al Sharpton, Wynton Marsalis, Harry Belafonte.
Credits Director of photography, Cliff Charles ; supervising editor, Sam Pollard ; editors, Geeta Gandbhir, Nancy Novack ; original music, Terence Blanchard.
Audience TV parental guidelines rating: TV-14 (parents strongly cautioned); Canadian home video rating: 14A (suitable for people 14 years of age or older).
System Details Note 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).
Added Author 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.
Added Corporate Author HBO Documentary Films.
Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks.
Home Box Office (Firm)
HBO Video (Firm)
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > DVDs
All Resources
disc 1. Act I (65 min.). Act II (62 min.)
disc 2. Act III (58 min.). Act IV (70 min.).

Special features: Audio commentary by filmmaker Spike Lee
Next movement : Act V (108 min.)
Water is rising (8 min.).

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