The Resource When the levees broke : a requiem in four acts, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks ; HBO Documentary Films ; [director, Spike Lee] ; producers, Sam Pollard, Spike Lee
When the levees broke : a requiem in four acts, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks ; HBO Documentary Films ; [director, Spike Lee] ; producers, Sam Pollard, Spike Lee
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The item When the levees broke : a requiem in four acts, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks ; HBO Documentary Films ; [director, Spike Lee] ; producers, Sam Pollard, Spike Lee represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bowdoin College Library.
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
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- eng
- spa
- fre
- eng
- eng
- Extent
- 3 videodiscs (257 min.)
- Note
-
- Closed captioned
- Documentary
- "This has been a presentation of Home Box Office."
- Originally produced as a television documentary in 2006
- Contents
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- Special features include: on discs 1-2: Audio commentary by filmmaker Spike Lee; on disc 3: Next movement : Act V (108 min.); Water is rising (8 min.)
- disc 1. Act I (65 min.) ; Act II (62 min.) -- disc 2. Act III (58 min.) ; Act IV (70 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
- 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks ; HBO Documentary Films ; [director, Spike Lee] ; producers, Sam Pollard, Spike Lee
- Title variation
- Requiem in four acts
- Subject
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- Disaster relief -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- Disaster victims -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- Disasters -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- Documentary films
- Documentary television programs
- Emergency management -- Government policy -- United States
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Historical television programs
- 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
- Television programs for the hearing impaired
- Video recordings
- Videorecording
- Language
-
- eng
- spa
- fre
- eng
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- 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
- Language note
- 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-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Lee, Spike
- Pollard, Sam
- 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, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks ; HBO Documentary Films ; [director, Spike Lee] ; producers, Sam Pollard, Spike Lee
- Note
-
- Closed captioned
- Documentary
- "This has been a presentation of Home Box Office."
- Originally produced as a television documentary in 2006
- 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
-
- Special features include: on discs 1-2: Audio commentary by filmmaker Spike Lee; on disc 3: Next movement : Act V (108 min.); Water is rising (8 min.)
- disc 1. Act I (65 min.) ; Act II (62 min.) -- disc 2. Act III (58 min.) ; Act IV (70 min.)
- Control code
- 72075457
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 3 videodiscs (257 min.)
- Isbn
- 9780783150758
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Note
-
- Bowdoin stacks copy: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
- Colby: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use only.
- Other control number
- 026359397325
- Other physical details
- sound, color with black and white sequences
- Publisher number
- 93973
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System details
- DVD format; Region 1, widescreen presentation (16:9); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
- Terms governing use
- Colby: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use only
- Video recording format
- DVD
- Label
- When the levees broke : a requiem in four acts, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks ; HBO Documentary Films ; [director, Spike Lee] ; producers, Sam Pollard, Spike Lee
- Note
-
- Closed captioned
- Documentary
- "This has been a presentation of Home Box Office."
- Originally produced as a television documentary in 2006
- 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
-
- Special features include: on discs 1-2: Audio commentary by filmmaker Spike Lee; on disc 3: Next movement : Act V (108 min.); Water is rising (8 min.)
- disc 1. Act I (65 min.) ; Act II (62 min.) -- disc 2. Act III (58 min.) ; Act IV (70 min.)
- Control code
- 72075457
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in
- Dimensions
- other
- Extent
- 3 videodiscs (257 min.)
- Isbn
- 9780783150758
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Note
-
- Bowdoin stacks copy: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
- Colby: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use only.
- Other control number
- 026359397325
- Other physical details
- sound, color with black and white sequences
- Publisher number
- 93973
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System details
- DVD format; Region 1, widescreen presentation (16:9); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
- Terms governing use
- Colby: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use only
- Video recording format
- DVD
Subject
- Disaster relief -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- Disaster victims -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- Disasters -- Louisiana | New Orleans
- Documentary films
- Documentary television programs
- Emergency management -- Government policy -- United States
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Historical television programs
- 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
- Television programs for the hearing impaired
- Video recordings
- Videorecording
Genre
- Documentary films
- Documentary television programs
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Historical television programs
- Television programs for the hearing impaired
- Video recordings
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