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Seasons:
1 full episode list
Release Date:
13 December 2006 (Finland) more
Genre:
Documentary more
Tagline:
An American Tragedy
Plot:
An examination of the U.S. government's role and its response to Hurricane Katrina. full summary
Awards:
Won 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 4 wins & 8 nominations more
User Comments:
Every American should see this documentary more (62 total)

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Darleen Asevedo ... Herself (unknown episodes)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
When the Levees Broke (USA) (short title)
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Runtime:
255 min (2 parts)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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Features A Concert for Hurricane Relief (2005) (TV) more

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28 out of 35 people found the following comment useful.
Every American should see this documentary, 23 August 2006
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Author: Charles Pedersen from United States

Every American should see this documentary. Spike Lee has done an award winning film on the Katrina disaster. When America realizes that:the disaster was caused by the admitted poor construction of the Levees by the Army Corps of Engineers and the impact on the wetlands caused by the dredging of the outlet of the Mississippi river; and that 30 % of Americas oil and gas production comes off the Lousinana coastline, even though it is technically too far from the coast to generate direct revenue to the state of Louisiana; this disaster has Federal accountability. Whether or not the insurance companies have blame for calling the damage a result of flood, instead of the flood caused by the Hurricane (duh!), whatever is the cost of rebuilding the city should be born by the American taxpayer, or the appropriate budget reallocation. Spike Lee's documentary shows that both in human and logical terms, it's time for the American public to insist that our sister states that were damaged by Katrina be restored ASAP and both the levees and the oil/gas production be secured to a level appropriate with the risk. Thank god for the free press of our great nation.

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