When the levees broke : a requiem in four acts /

When the levees broke : a requiem in four acts /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	Widescreen.
Imprint:	[New York?] : HBO Video, c2006.
Description:	3 videodiscs (4 hr., 17 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:	English
Subject:	Hurricane Katrina (2005) Hurricane Katrina, 2005. Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Social aspects. Hurricanes -- Louisiana -- New Orleans. Disasters -- Louisiana -- New Orleans. Disaster relief -- Louisiana -- New Orleans. Levees -- Louisiana -- New Orleans. Emergency management -- Government policy -- United States. Disaster victims -- Louisiana -- New Orleans. Disaster relief. Disaster victims. Disasters. Economic history. Emergency management -- Government policy. Hurricanes. Levees. Social aspects. Social conditions. New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions -- 21st century. New Orleans (La.) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century. Louisiana -- New Orleans. United States. Feature films. Historical films. Documentary television programs. Environmental television programs. Historical television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Television mini-series. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Format:	DVD Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6286875

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Other authors / contributors:	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)
ISBN:	078315075X 9780783150758
Notes:	Documentary. "This has been a presentation of Home Box Office." Originally produced as a television documentary in 2006. "93973"--Disc label. Director of photography, Cliff Charles ; supervising editor, Sam Pollard ; editors, Geeta Gandbhir, Nancy Novack ; original music, Terence Blanchard. Featuring Ray Nagin, Sean Penn, Al Sharpton, Wynton Marsalis, Harry Belafonte. DVD; region 1; widescreen presentation (16:9) ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital 2.0 stereo. Closed-captioned. In English with optional Spanish soundtrack; optional subtitles in French or Spanish.
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.
Target Audience:	TV parental guidelines rating: TV-14 (parents strongly cautioned); Canadian home video rating: 14A (suitable for people 14 years of age or older).
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).
Standard no.:	026359397325
Publisher's no.:	93973 HBO Video

Table of Contents:

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.).