When the levees broke  a requiem in four acts /  [videorecording] : 
[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. 
 - Widescreen. 
 - [New York?] :  HBO Video,  c2006. 
 - 3 videodiscs (4 hr., 17 min.) :  sd., col. with b&w sequences ;  4 3/4 in. 
<br/><br/> Documentary.  "This has been a presentation of Home Box Office."  Originally produced as a television documentary in 2006.  "93973"--Disc label. 
<br/><br/>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.). 
<br/><br/>Director of photography, Cliff Charles ; supervising editor, Sam Pollard ; editors, Geeta Gandbhir, Nancy Novack ; original music, Terence Blanchard.  Director of photography, Cliff Charles ; supervising editor, Sam Pollard ; editors, Geeta Gandbhir, Nancy Novack ; original music, Terence Blanchard. 
<br/><br/>Featuring Ray Nagin, Sean Penn, Al Sharpton, Wynton Marsalis, Harry Belafonte. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> TV parental guidelines rating: TV-14 (parents strongly cautioned); Canadian home video rating: 14A (suitable for people 14 years of age or older). 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD; region 1; widescreen presentation (16:9) ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital 2.0 stereo. 
<br/><br/><br/>Closed-captioned. <br/>In English with optional Spanish soundtrack; optional subtitles in French or Spanish. 
<br/><br/> 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). 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>078315075X 9780783150758 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>026359397325 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label>93973  HBO Video 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Midwest Tape  http://www.midwesttapes.com 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Hurricane Katrina, 2005.<br/>Hurricane Katrina, 2005--Social aspects.<br/>Hurricanes--Louisiana--New Orleans.<br/>Disasters--Louisiana--New Orleans.<br/>Disaster relief--Louisiana--New Orleans.<br/>Levees--Louisiana--New Orleans.<br/>Emergency management--Government policy--United States.<br/>Disaster victims--Louisiana--New Orleans.<br/>Emergency management--Louisiana--New Orleans.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>New Orleans (La.)--Social conditions--21st century.<br/>New Orleans (La.)--Economic conditions--21st century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Video recordings for the hearing impaired.<br/>Documentary films.<br/>Feature films.<br/>Historical films.<br/>Documentary--Feature.<br/>Historical--Feature.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DVD HV 636 2005 .L8  / W496 2006