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When the levees broke a requiem in four acts
Title
When the levees broke [videorecording] : a requiem in four acts / HBO Documentary Films ; directed by Spike Lee ; producers, Sam Pollard, Spike Lee ; 40 Acres and A Mule Filmworks.
ISBN
078315075X
9780783150758
Edition
Widescreen (16:9) format.
Published
[New York, N.Y.] : HBO Video, c2006.
Physical Description
3 videodiscs (255 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
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.).
Director of photography, Cliff Charles ; editors, Geeta Gandbhir, Nancy Novack, Samuel D. Pollard ; original music composed by Terence Blanchard.
In English or dubbed Spanish; optional French or Spanish subtitles.
Closed-captioned.
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.
Variant and related titles
Next movement : Act V.
Water is rising.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; Spanish
Added to Catalog
January 08, 2007
Credits
Director of photography, Cliff Charles ; editors, Geeta Gandbhir, Nancy Novack, Samuel D. Pollard ; original music composed by Terence Blanchard.
System details note
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1 in English, Dolby digital 2.0 in Spanish.
Audience
TV-14 HBO Video.
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.
Videorecording number
93973 HBO Video
Subjects
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HBO Documentary Film (Firm)
Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks.
HBO Video (Firm)
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