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When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

  • TV Mini Series
  • 2006–20072006–2007
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  • 4h 15m
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When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006)
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An examination of the U.S. government's response to Hurricane Katrina.An examination of the U.S. government's response to Hurricane Katrina.An examination of the U.S. government's response to Hurricane Katrina.
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  • Stars
    • Darleen Asevedo
    • Jay Asevedo
    • Wilhelmina Blanchard
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    • Jay Asevedo
    • Wilhelmina Blanchard
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    • 89Metascore
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    • Won 3 Primetime Emmys

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      The score for When the Levees Broke was re-used in the 2018 Spike Lee Joint BlackKklansman.
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    Every American should see this documentary
    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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      • August 21, 2006 (United States)
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      • New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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