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WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE: A REQUIEM IN FOUR ACTS

USA, 2006, 240 Minutes, English

  • Director: Spike Lee
  • Interests: Hurricane Katrina, USA
  • Section: Guggenheim
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    • Thursday, June 19, 10:00 a.m.
      Free

Considered by many to be the definitive documentary on Hurricane Katrina, this film earned acclaimed filmmaker Spike Lee the much-deserved Peabody Award. WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE is a masterful, riveting and devastating document of this modern American tragedy and an elegy for the lost culture of New Orleans.

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