"When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts" (2006) (mini)TV mini-series

Director:

Spike Lee

Release Date:

13 December 2006 (Finland)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

An American Tragedy

Plot:

An examination of the U.S. government's role and its response to Hurricane Katrina.

Plot Keywords:

Disaster | Government | Flooding | Expose | Federal Government

Awards:

Won 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 4 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Darleen Asevedo	...	Herself
Jay Asevedo	...	Herself
Shelton 'Shakespeare' Alexander	...	Himself (as Shelton Shakespear Alexander)
Lee Arnold	...	Himself
Gralen Bryant Banks	...	Himself
John Barry	...	Himself
Robert Bea	...	Himself
Harry Belafonte	...	Himself
Wilhelmina Blanchard	...	Herself
Terence Blanchard	...	Himself
Kathleen Blanco	...	Herself (as Kathleen Babineaux Blanco)
Douglas Brinkley	...	Himself
Joseph Bruno	...	Himself
Karen Carter	...	Herself
Louis Cataldie	...	Himself

Also Known As:

When the Levees Broke (USA) (short title)

Runtime:

255 min (2 parts)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:15 | USA:TV-MA | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Company:

40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks

Movie Connections:

References Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

Every American should see this documentary

Every American should see this documentary. Spike Lee has done an award winning film on the Katrina disaster. When America realizes that:the disaster was caused by the admitted poor construction of the Levees by the Army Corps of Engineers and the impact on the wetlands caused by the dredging of the outlet of the Mississippi river; and that 30 % of Americas oil and gas production comes off the Lousinana coastline, even though it is technically too far from the coast to generate direct revenue to the state of Louisiana; this disaster has Federal accountability. Whether or not the insurance companies have blame for calling the damage a result of flood, instead of the flood caused by the Hurricane (duh!), whatever is the cost of rebuilding the city should be born by the American taxpayer, or the appropriate budget reallocation. Spike Lee's documentary shows that both in human and logical terms, it's time for the American public to insist that our sister states that were damaged by Katrina be restored ASAP and both the levees and the oil/gas production be secured to a level appropriate with the risk. Thank god for the free press of our great nation.