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When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts: With Darleen Asevedo, Jay Asevedo, Shelton Shakespear Alexander, Lee Arnold. An examination of the U.S. government's response to Hurricane Katrina.
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- 2006-08-21
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New Orleans Arena on August 16, 2006, the day of the premiere of the film. When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts is a 2006 documentary film directed by Spike Lee about the devastation of New Orleans, Louisiana following the failure of the levees during Hurricane Katrina. It was filmed in late August and early September 2005, and ...
- United States
- Spike Lee
- English
- Terence Blanchard
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (Acts 1 & 2) Parts 1 & 2 of Spike Lee's four-part HBO documentary event that recounts the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans. Starring: Harry Belafonte Terence Blanchard George W. Bush Dick Cheney
- Spike Lee
- August 21, 2006
max-style. When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts. Season 1. When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts. 1 Seasons | 2 Episodes | TV-14. WATCH NOW. Parts 1 & 2 of Spike Lee's four-part HBO documentary event that recounts the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans. 1.
By Stephen Holden. Aug. 21, 2006. It isn’t the painful recapitulation of the incompetence, indifference and confusion in high places that makes Spike Lee’s epic documentary “When the Levees...
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When the Levees Broke offers a heart-rending elegy for an American city overflowing with culture, beset by natural disaster, and betrayed by institutional indifference. Read critic reviews Rate...
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When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts: On August 29, 2005, the city of New Orleans was forever changed when Hurricane Katrina made landfall - breaching levees, flooding neighborhoods, and killing over a thousand residents unable or unwilling to be evacuated. Unlimited streaming. Cancel anytime.