When the levees broke [(DVD) videorecording] : a requiem in four acts / HBO Documentary Films ; directed by Spike Lee ; producers, Sam Pollard, Spike Lee ; 40 Acres and A Mule Filmworks.
3 videodiscs (255 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details
DVD, region 1; widescreen (16:9) format; Dolby digital 5.1 in English, Dolby digital 2.0 in Spanish.
Language
In English or dubbed Spanish; optional French or Spanish subtitles.
Closed-captioned.
Credits
Director of photography, Cliff Charles ; editors, Geeta Gandbhir, Nancy Novack, Samuel D. Pollard ; original music composed by Terence Blanchard.
Note
Originally produced as a television documentary in 2006.
Special feature (discs 1 & 2): optional audio commentary by filmmaker Spike Lee.
Special feature (disc 3): "Water is rising" (photo gallery shot by David Lee, with music by Terence Blanchard; 8 min.).
For specific features see interactive menu.
Audience
TV-14 HBO Video.
Summary
Four acts document distinct perspectives on the pivotal events that preceded and followed Katrina's passage through New Orleans, a catastrophe during which the divide between race and class lines has never been more pronounced.
Contents
Disc 1. Act I (65 min.) ; Act II (62 min.) -- Disc 2. Act III (58 min.) ; Act IV (70 min.) -- Disc 3. Next movement : Act V (107 min.) / directed by Spike Lee ; edited by Barry Alexander Brown.