Spike Lee’s When the Levees Broke is a four-part documentary on the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the city and people of New Orleans. Interspersed with intense, emotion-provoking imagery, the documentary shows the aftermath of the natural disaster from a point of view that was by and large overlooked when the events were happening directly: New [...]
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When the Levees Broke
Anyone who has ever seen a Spike-Lee-directed film knows that there is an obvious message being bullhorned at the audience, usually about how African Americans are being taken advantage of. In his documentary, When the Levees Broke, Lee’s point-of-view is not focusing so much on “who is the victim?” but rather “who is responsible?” And [...]