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When the Levees Broke. Part 3
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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 c...
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.
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- Creator
- Home Box Office (Firm)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- [Place of publication not identified] : Home Box Office (Firm), [2006]
- New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Films Media Group, 2016
- ©2006
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 3 min., 41 sec.)) : color and sound
- digital
- video file
- OCLC
- ocn956352022
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Originally released by Home Box Office (Firm), 2006.
- Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on April 05, 2016.
- Streaming video file.
- Closed-captioned.
- Surveying the Damage (3:30) -- First Mardi Gras (3:15) -- Debris Removal (2:36) -- Failed Search and Rescue Efforts (3:37) -- Challenges in Identifying Bodies (2:26) -- Investigating the Levee Failure (3:23) -- Levee Failure Responsibility (3:19) -- Changing Coastal Geography (3:02) -- Exploiting Louisiana (3:46) -- FEMA's Absence (3:18) -- Housing Crisis (3:04) -- FEMA Trailers Insurance Battle Homeowner's Insurance Scandal (4:01) -- New Orleans Land Grab Plans to Rebuild (2:08) -- Patching a Broken System (2:21) -- Learning from Dutch Levees (2:57) -- Community Rebirth (4:11) -- Credits: When the Levees Broke: Part 3 (1:20)