When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
- Synopsis
- When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, director Spike Lee, like many who watched the unfolding drama on television news, was shocked not only by the scale of the disaster, but by the slow, inept and disorganised response of the emergency and recovery effort. In this four-part chronicle, tagged as "an American tragedy’, he recounts the story of one of America’s most profound natural disasters. In addition to revisiting the hours leading up to the arrival of category 5 hurricane Katrina before it hit the coast of Louisiana, his film tells the personal stories of those who lived to talk about it, and at the same time explores the underbelly of a nation still divided along race and class lines.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Year of release
- 2007
- Year of production
- 2006
- Subjects
- Geography; Politics & government; Sociology
- Keywords
- hurricanes; natural disasters; social geography; United States of America; political issues; New Orleans
Credits
- Director
- Spike Lee
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £25.99
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 248 minutes
- Year
- 2007
Distributor
Available from retail outlets
- Name
Warner Home Video
- Web
- http://www.warnerbros.co.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7984 6400
- Fax
- 020 7984 5001
- Address
- 98 Theobold’s Road
London
WC1X 8WB
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