

When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006-08-21 · 60 min / episode · ★ 7.5
Spike Lee's award-winning documentary follows the events that preceded and followed Hurricane Katrina's catastrophic passage through New Orleans in 2005.
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- Spike Lee
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- Spike Lee Film, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
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- United States of America
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Harry BelafonteSelf
Wendell PierceSelf
Mike MyersSelf
Dick CheneySelf
Terence BlanchardSelf
Wynton MarsalisSelf
Al SharptonSelf
Sean PennSelf
YeSelf
Anderson CooperSelf
Condoleezza RiceSelf
George W. BushSelf (archive footage)
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