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When the Levees Broke, 2006
English
USA
Profile of When the Levees Broke
The mood of When the Levees Broke is disturbing, thought provoking, and bleak. The plot centers around a life turned upside-down, forces of nature, and disasters. It is a documentary and historical TV show. In approach, When the Levees Broke is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in an urban ghetto. The setting is New Orleans. When the Levees Broke happens in contemporary times. The musical score is R&B. The TV show is known for being an Emmy winner, critically acclaimed, and a Venice Festival winner.
Summary of When the Levees Broke
With a runtime of over four hours, this HBO-produced Spike Lee documentary is the definitive word on Hurricane Katrina. Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005, causing the levees that had previously kept the city from flooding to burst, which led to death, destruction, and homelessness on an alarming scale. Lee carefully plots the buildup to the hurricane, using many of the key figures in the city--such as mayor Ray Nagin and local radio show hosts--to outline the warnings given to residents. The film then covers the hurricane itself, showing gut-wrenching pictures of dead bodies and people pleading to be saved, before it settles into a lengthy discourse on the government response to the tragedy. Celebrities such as CNN's Soledad O'Brien, Sean Penn, and Harry Belafonte all appear, but Lee mainly focuses on the words of those who somehow made it through Katrina and lived to tell the tale. The majority of those people are highly critical of the Bush administration for its poor response, attributing this to the fact that the bulk of the residents affected were African-American. A powerful and important piece of filmmaking, When the Levees Broke is an eye-opening account of a catastrophe that could so easily have been avoided.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 13 December 2006 |
| Runtime: | 255 min |
| Seasons: | 1 |
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Users Reviews
- 20.September.2010
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- by: Patrick
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