| Edition |
Widescreen. |
| Description |
3 videodiscs (4 hr., 17 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Documentary. |
| Performer |
Featuring Ray Nagin, Sean Penn, Al Sharpton, Wynton Marsalis, Harry Belafonte. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Cliff Charles ; supervising editor, Sam Pollard ; editors, Geeta Gandbhir, Nancy Novack ; original music, Terence Blanchard. |
| Note |
"This has been a presentation of Home Box Office." |
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Originally produced as a television documentary in 2006. |
| System Details |
DVD; region 1; widescreen presentation (16:9) ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround, Dolby digital 2.0 stereo. |
| Audience |
TV parental guidelines rating: TV-14 (parents strongly cautioned); Canadian home video rating: 14A (suitable for people 14 years of age or older). |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
disc 1. Act I (65 min.). Act II (62 min.) -- disc 2. Act III (58 min.). Act IV (70 min.). |
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Special features: Audio commentary by filmmaker Spike Lee -- Next movement : Act V (108 min.) -- Water is rising (8 min.). |
| Awards |
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). |
| Note |
"93973"--Disc label. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
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In English with optional Spanish soundtrack; optional subtitles in French or Spanish. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
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Hurricane Katrina, 2005 -- Social aspects.
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Hurricanes -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
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Disasters -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
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Disaster relief -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
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Levees -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
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Emergency management -- Government policy -- United States.
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Disaster victims -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
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New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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New Orleans (La.) -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Documentary films.
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| Subject |
Emergency management -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Historical films.
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Documentary -- Feature.
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Historical -- Feature.
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| Added Author |
Lee, Spike.
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Pollard, Sam.
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Nevins, Sheila.
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Nagin, Ray, 1956-
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Penn, Sean, 1960-
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Sharpton, Al.
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Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-
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Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023
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Charles, Cliff.
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Gandbhir, Geeta.
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Novack, Nancy.
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Blanchard, Terence.
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HBO Documentary Films.
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Forty Acres & a Mule Filmworks.
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Home Box Office (Firm)
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HBO Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
078315075X |
| Standard No. |
026359397325 |
| Music No. |
93973 HBO Video |
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