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.
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English Spanish |
| Language Notes: | [Documentary television program] In English or Spanish, with optional French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
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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. |
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| 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 |