The Resource When the levees broke : a requiem in four acts, [a Spike Lee film] ; 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks ; HBO Documentary Films ; [director, Spike Lee] ; producers, Sam Pollard, Spike Lee ; executive producer, Sheila Nevins
When the levees broke : a requiem in four acts, [a Spike Lee film] ; 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks ; HBO Documentary Films ; [director, Spike Lee] ; producers, Sam Pollard, Spike Lee ; executive producer, Sheila Nevins
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The item When the levees broke : a requiem in four acts, [a Spike Lee film] ; 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks ; HBO Documentary Films ; [director, Spike Lee] ; producers, Sam Pollard, Spike Lee ; executive producer, Sheila Nevins represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Biddle Law Library - University of Pennsylvania Law School.
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- Summary
- The world watched in horror as Hurrican 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
- Language
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- eng
- spa
- eng
- fre
- spa
- eng
- eng
- Edition
- Widescreen.
- Extent
- 3 videodiscs (4 hr., 17 min.)
- Note
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- Documentary
- "This has been a presentation of Home Box Office."
- Originally produced as a television documentary in 2006
- "93973"--Disc label
- Contents
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- disc 1. Act I (65 min.). Act II (62 min.) -- disc 2. Act III (58 min.). Act IV (70 min.)
- Special features: Audio commentary by filmmaker Spike Lee -- Next movement : Act V (108 min.) -- Water is rising (8 min.)
- Isbn
- 9780783150758
- Label
- When the levees broke : a requiem in four acts
- Title
- When the levees broke
- Title remainder
- a requiem in four acts
- Statement of responsibility
- [a Spike Lee film] ; 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks ; HBO Documentary Films ; [director, Spike Lee] ; producers, Sam Pollard, Spike Lee ; executive producer, Sheila Nevins
- Subject
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- Disaster relief -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- Disaster victims -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- Disasters -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- Emergency management -- Government policy -- United States
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Social aspects
- Hurricanes -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- Levees -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- New Orleans (La.) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
- New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- Video recordings
- Language
-
- eng
- spa
- eng
- fre
- spa
- eng
- eng
- Summary
- The world watched in horror as Hurrican 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
- Awards note
- 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)
- Cataloging source
- TEFMT
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Director of photography, Cliff Charles ; supervising editor, Sam Pollard ; editors, Geeta Gandbhir, Nancy Novack ; original music, Terence Blanchard
- Intended audience
- TV parental guidelines rating: TV-14 (parents strongly cautioned); Canadian home video rating: 14A (suitable for people 14 years of age or older)
- Language note
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- Closed-captioned
- In English with optional Spanish soundtrack; optional subtitles in French or Spanish
- PerformerNote
- Featuring Ray Nagin, Sean Penn, Al Sharpton, Wynton Marsalis, Harry Belafonte
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- 1956-
- 1960-
- 1961-
- 1927-
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- Lee, Spike
- Pollard, Sam
- Nevins, Sheila
- Nagin, Ray
- Penn, Sean
- Sharpton, Al
- Marsalis, Wynton
- Belafonte, Harry
- Charles, Cliff
- Gandbhir, Geeta
- Novack, Nancy
- Blanchard, Terence
- HBO Documentary Films
- Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks
- Home Box Office (Firm)
- HBO Video (Firm)
- Runtime
- 257
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- Hurricanes
- Disasters
- Disaster relief
- Levees
- Emergency management
- Disaster victims
- New Orleans (La.)
- New Orleans (La.)
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- When the levees broke : a requiem in four acts, [a Spike Lee film] ; 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks ; HBO Documentary Films ; [director, Spike Lee] ; producers, Sam Pollard, Spike Lee ; executive producer, Sheila Nevins
- Note
-
- Documentary
- "This has been a presentation of Home Box Office."
- Originally produced as a television documentary in 2006
- "93973"--Disc label
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
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- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Configuration of playback channels
- mixed
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
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- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- disc 1. Act I (65 min.). Act II (62 min.) -- disc 2. Act III (58 min.). Act IV (70 min.)
- Special features: Audio commentary by filmmaker Spike Lee -- Next movement : Act V (108 min.) -- Water is rising (8 min.)
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- Widescreen.
- Extent
- 3 videodiscs (4 hr., 17 min.)
- Isbn
- 9780783150758
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 026359397325
- Other physical details
- sound, color with black and white sequences
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
- (OCoLC)72075457
- System details
- DVD; region 1; widescreen presentation (16:9) ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital 2.0 stereo
- Video recording format
- DVD
- Label
- When the levees broke : a requiem in four acts, [a Spike Lee film] ; 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks ; HBO Documentary Films ; [director, Spike Lee] ; producers, Sam Pollard, Spike Lee ; executive producer, Sheila Nevins
- Note
-
- Documentary
- "This has been a presentation of Home Box Office."
- Originally produced as a television documentary in 2006
- "93973"--Disc label
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
-
- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Configuration of playback channels
- mixed
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- disc 1. Act I (65 min.). Act II (62 min.) -- disc 2. Act III (58 min.). Act IV (70 min.)
- Special features: Audio commentary by filmmaker Spike Lee -- Next movement : Act V (108 min.) -- Water is rising (8 min.)
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- Widescreen.
- Extent
- 3 videodiscs (4 hr., 17 min.)
- Isbn
- 9780783150758
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 026359397325
- Other physical details
- sound, color with black and white sequences
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
- (OCoLC)72075457
- System details
- DVD; region 1; widescreen presentation (16:9) ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital 2.0 stereo
- Video recording format
- DVD
Subject
- Disaster relief -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- Disaster victims -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- Disasters -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- Emergency management -- Government policy -- United States
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005
- Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Social aspects
- Hurricanes -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- Levees -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- New Orleans (La.) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
- New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- Video recordings
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