When the levees broke : a requiem in four acts /

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 e...

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Corporate Author:	HBO Original Programming
Other Authors:	Nagin, Ray, 1956- (on-screen participant.), Penn, Sean, 1960- (on-screen participant.), Sharpton, Al (on-screen participant.), Marsalis, Wynton, 1961- (on-screen participant.), Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023 (on-screen participant.), Charles, Cliff (director of photography.), Blanchard, Terence (composer (expression)), Aley, Judy (Researcher)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	[New York] : Home Box Office, [2006]
Subjects:	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. New Orleans (La.) > Social conditions > 21st century. New Orleans (La.) > Economic conditions > 21st century. Disaster relief Disaster victims Disasters Economic history Emergency management > Government policy Hurricanes Levees Social aspects Social conditions Louisiana > New Orleans United States 2000-2099 Documentary television programs Environmental television programs Historical television programs Internet videos Nonfiction television programs Television mini-series Television programs Environmental television programs. Historical television programs. Documentary television programs. Television mini-series. Nonfiction television programs. Television programs. Internet videos.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Acts 1 and 2) (Swank Digital Campus) Connect to this streaming video (Acts 3 and 4) (Swank Digital Campus)

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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.
Item Description:	Originally produced as a television documentary in 2006.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (video files (approximately 257 min.)) : sound, color with black and white sequences.
Audience:	TV Parental Guidelines: TV-MA.
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)
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Cliff Charles ; original music composed by Terence Blanchard ; supervising editor, Sam Pollard ; editors, Geeta Gandbhir, Nancy Novack ; research and clearance, Judy Aley.