When the levees broke : a requiem in four acts
(DVD)
Published
[New York] : HBO Video, [2006].
Format
DVD
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (4 hrs., 17 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Southside - Media
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Published
[New York] : HBO Video, [2006].
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
UPC
026359397325
Notes
General Note
Documentary.
General Note
"This has been a presentation of Home Box Office."
General Note
Originally produced as a television documentary in 2006.
General Note
"93973"--Disc label.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Cliff Charles ; supervising editor, Sam Pollard ; editors, Geeta Gandbhir, Nancy Novack ; original music, Terence Blanchard.
Participants/Performers
Featuring Ray Nagin, Sean Penn, Al Sharpton, Wynton Marsalis, Harry Belafonte.
Description
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.
System Details
DVD format; region 1; widescreen presentation (16:9) ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital 2.0 stereo.
Language
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Language
In English with optional Spanish soundtrack; optional subtitles in French or Spanish.
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).
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Disaster relief -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Disaster victims -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Disasters -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Documentary films.
Emergency management -- Government policy -- United States.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Social aspects.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
Hurricanes -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Levees -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
New Orleans (La.) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Video recordings.
Disaster victims -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Disasters -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Documentary films.
Emergency management -- Government policy -- United States.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Social aspects.
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
Hurricanes -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Levees -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
New Orleans (La.) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Video recordings.