When The Levees Broke - A Requiem In Four Acts
HBO / Rysher Ent. (2006)
Documentary
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026359397325
IMDB   7.9
4 hr 16 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   TV-MA
Shelton 'Shakespeare' Alexander Himself
Harry Belafonte Himself
Terence Blanchard Himself
Wilhelmina Blanchard Herself
Kathleen Blanco Herself
Douglas Brinkley Himself
Michael Brown Himself
Barbara Bush Herself
George W. Bush Himself
Dick Cheney Himself
Spike Lee
Sam Pollard
Director
Spike Lee
Producer Spike Lee
Sam Pollard
Jacqueline Glover
Sheila Nevins

An American Tragedy.

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.
Edition Details
Edition Documentary
Distributor Hbo Home Video
Release Date 12/19/2006
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles French; Spanish
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
SPANISH: Dolby Digital Stereo
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 4

Features
Disc 01 Audio Commentaries by Filmmaker Spike Lee
Next Movement - Act V: A 105-Minute Epilogue Featuring New Interviews and Insights That Further Chronicle the Hardship Endured by New Orleaneans in the Aftermath of Katrina
Water Is Rising: A Gallery of Photos by David Lee with Music by Terence Blanchard