When the Levees Broke. Part 3 / 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, buoyed by a rich cultural legacy. Three months after the disaster, Lee, camer...

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Bibliographic Details
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., 3 min., 41 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, buoyed by a rich cultural legacy. 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 3 covers failed search and rescue efforts, levee failure investigations, FEMA's incompetence in providing temporary shelters, homeowner insurance battles, and the Army Corps of Engineers' attempts to repair damage before the 2006 hurricane system.
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)