Spike Lee’s Documentary on Hurricane Katrina

August 14th, 2011

by The Editor

With the 6 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaching, we recommend this movie so you can reflect on this tragic event. Director Spike Lee presents a four-hour, four-part chronicle recounting, through words and images, one of our country?s most profound natural disasters. In addition to revisiting the hours leading up to the arrival of Katrina, a Category 5 hurricane before it hit the coast of Louisiana, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts tells the personal stories of those who lived to tell about it, at the same time exploring the underbelly of a nation where the divide along race and class lines has never been more pronounced. This one one of the best Spike Lee movies.