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Whistle Stopper - When the Levees Broke - A Requiem In Four Acts (Documentary)
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List Price: $29.98
Our Price: $21.45
Your Save: $ 8.53 ( 28% )
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Manufacturer: HBO Home Video
Starring: Spike Lee, Sam Pollard
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: LEE,SPIKE
EAN: 0026359397325
Format: Box set
Label: HBO Home Video
Manufacturer: HBO Home Video
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: HBO Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2006-12-19
Running Time: 256
Studio: HBO Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2006-08-16
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Summary: TRUTH BE TOLD.
Comment: THE TRUTH WAS TOLD IN THIS ONE.FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DONT KNOW THE WHOLE STORY,YOU HAD TO BE THERE LIKE WE WERE.SPIKE LEE DID A GREAT JOB IN THIS DOCUMENTARY.BUT I THINK THE EXPLOSION HEARD IN THE LOWER 9TH WARD WAS THE BARGE BREAKING THROUGH THE LEVEE AND THE WATER RUSHING THROUGH.JUST MY OPINION.WE WATCHED THIS AT MY GIRLFRIENDS COUSIN HOUSE AND I WILL TELL YOU THERE WAS NOT A DRY EYE IN THE ROOM.IT SHOWED WHAT NETWORK TELEVISION WOULDN'T SHOW.THE HORROR.REAL HORROR.I GOT SOME OF MY FAMILY OUT IN MY CAR FROM THE MELPHOMENE PROJECTS UPTOWN JUST AS THE WATER WAS STARTING TO RISE.WE WENT TO GET MY MAMA FROM THE FISCHER PROJECTS ON THE WEST BANK OF NEW ORLEANS WHERE WE LIVED AT THE TIME BUT WE DID NOT HAVE ROOM FOR HER SO SHE MADE A SACRIFICE AND TOLD ME TO TAKE MY CAR AND LEAVE HER BEHIND.SHE TOLD ME TO BE STRONG AND TAKE CARE OF EVERYBODY AND SHE WOULD BE ALRIGHT.IT WAS HARD TO LEAVE HER BUT WE WERE ON THE SAME PAGE.WE ENDED UP AT LAMAR-DIXON EXPO CENTER IN GONZALES ,LA FOR TWO WEEKS.MY MAMA ENDED UP AT A SHELTER IN LAFAYETTE,LA.I ALSO HAD TO COME BACK TO SAVE A STRANDED COUSIN.IN THOSE 2 WEEKS MY FAMILY SPLIT UP.MY SISTER, NEICES AND NEPHEWS WENT TO HOUSTON,MY BIG BROTHER WENT TO LAS VEGAS.IT WAS HARD TO SEE MY FAMILY LEAVE BUT I HAD TO WEAR A POKER FACE FOR A LONG TIME.I WAS THE LAST TO LEAVE BECAUSE I WAS THE ONE WITH A CAR AND MONEY THANKS TO MY JOB AT WALMART.I GOT A HAIRCUT,EMERGENCY FOODSTAMPS AND MY RED CROSS CARD AND ON 09-16-05 I LEFT THE SHELTER AT 4:00PM TO HEAD TO PRESTON,MS.MY GIRL HAD GOTTEN US A 2 BEDROOM APARTMENT IN NEARBY PHILADELPHIA,MS.AS I LEFT LOUISIANA I REALIZED THE FACT THAT I MAY NEVER BE ABLE TO GO HOME AGAIN.I CRIED ALMOST ALL THE WAY TO MERIDIAN,MS ON I-59N.I REFUSED TO GO TO TEXAS AND DEAL WITH THAT DRAMA OF OVERCROWDING AND CRIME.WE AS A PEOPLE SUFFERED.BUT EVERYTHING TURNED OUT OK FOR US.EVERYBODY IS DOING FINE.WE ARE ALL BACK EXCEPT FOR MY BROTHER.HE LOVES LAS VEGAS.
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Summary: The Levees Broke and People Died
Comment: Spike Lee struggled a bit before he was motivated to make this film for HBO. His films don't make that much money anymore because he still focuses on people and not special effects. This movie is a documentary that focuses strongly on people but Hurricane Katrina was a horrible catastrophe for the country that this film couldn't be ignored. It is a classic and very well made. If this was the only film Spike Lee ever made, he'd be a great filmmaker but he has more - both fictional films and more documentaries too. Highly recommended.
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Summary: A must see
Comment: After a recent trip to New Orleans (Spring 2008) I came back and felt compelled to learn all I could about Katrina and what all of the New Orleans citizens had to suffer through. This documentary does an incredible job articulating that. It's truly a must see. And if you already hate BUSH, you will hate him more.
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Summary: I still shutter when I watch this movie.
Comment: After I watched this on HBO, I had to own it. The powerful story that is told here is not about propoganda, or agenda, it is about the survival of people who were left behind to fend for themselves; American people.
I have watched this with several of our youth groups in an attempt to show them that life can be a fragile gift, and that we should never take for granted that we have more of it to spare. At each watching there is never a dry eye in the room. the kids are riveted to the screen. they actually care about not only what happened, but as well what is happening now.
Spike Lee and company did a fine job on this, and hopefully there is more of the story being recorded.
My advice to anyone is to "buy this movie!"
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Summary: A necessary addition to my DVD Library!
Comment: I feel such pain every time I watch this documentary account of the devastation caused when Katrina stuck. Anyone who watches this DVD will have a hard time turning a blind eye toward the people whose lives have been forever changed by one of the largest catastrophes the US has known -- I know I never will!
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Editorial Reviews:
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Examines various perspectives on the integral events that preceded and followed Katrina's passage through New Orleans, with personal accounts from survivors.
Genre: Television: HBO
Rating: NR
Release Date: 19-DEC-2006
Media Type: DVD
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