When the Levees Broke. Part 4 / Home Box Office (Firm).

Spike Lee's portrait of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina tells the personal stories of members of a community that has survived devastation and is finding new hope and strength as the city rises from the ashes. Three months after the disaster, Lee, cameraman Cliff Charles, and a small cr...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
When the levees broke.
Corporate Authors: Infobase (Film distributor)
Home Box Office (Firm)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Home Box Office (Firm), [2006]
Series:Films on Demand.
When the levees broke.
Subjects:
Disaster victims > Louisiana > New Orleans.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 > Social aspects.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 0 min., 43 sec.)) : color and sound.
Format: Electronic Video
Description
Summary:
Spike Lee's portrait of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina tells the personal stories of members of a community that has survived devastation and is finding new hope and strength as the city rises from the ashes. Three months after the disaster, Lee, cameraman Cliff Charles, and a small crew made the first of eight trips to New Orleans to conduct interviews and shoot footage. Participants include Governor Kathleen Blanco; Mayor Ray Nagin; activists Al Sharpton and Harry Belafonte; CNN's Soledad O'Brien; and musicians Wynton Marsalis, Terence Blanchard and Kanye West. Part 4 looks at the challenges New Orleans evacuees face upon returning home to utter destruction, including a lack of government support, heightened crime, a failing education system, and psychological trauma. At the same time, a deep rooted cultural identity helps communities to rebuild.
Note:Originally released by Home Box Office (Firm), 2006.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on April 05, 2016.
Interest Grade Level:
9 & up.
System Details:Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Source of Description:
Title from distributor's description (Infobase, July 2, 2016)