Teaching the levees : a curriculum for democratic dialogue and civil engagement /

[Documentary television program] 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 has never been more pronounced.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks, Home Box Office (Firm), HBO Documentary Films, Rockefeller Foundation, Teachers College (New York, N.Y.)
Other Authors: Crocco, Margaret, Lee, Spike (Producer, Director), Pollard, Sam (Producer)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Spanish
Language Notes:[Documentary television program] In English or Spanish, with optional French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Published: New York : Teachers College Press, [2007]
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Summary:[Documentary television program] 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 has never been more pronounced.
Item Description:Title from box
"One powerful response to the disaster of Hurricane Katrina was the Peabody Award-winning HBO Documentary Films event, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, by Spike Lee. Now through the generosity of the Rockefeller Foundation, faculty and staff at Teachers College, Columbia University have taken the documentary and created a compelling curriculum guide that, along with the 2-DVD set of When the Levees Broke, is being made available for distribution free of charge to high schools, colleges, and community groups"--Container
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (approximately 256 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches + 1 curriculum text (104 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm), in box (32 x 26 x 2 cm)
Audience:MPAA rating: TV-14.
Production Credits:Film producers, Sam Pollard and Spike Lee ; director, Spike Lee.
ISBN:9780807751008
0807751006