One year after Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans, director Spike Lee presents a four-hour, four-part chronicle recounting, through words and images, one of our country?s most profound natural disasters. In addition to revisiting the hours leading up to the arrival of Katrina, a Category 5 hurricane before it hit the coast of Louisiana, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts tells the personal stories of those who lived to tell about it, at the same time exploring the underbelly of a nation where the divide along race and class lines has never been more pronounced.
- Actors: Spike Lee
- Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
- Audience Rating: Unrated
- Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language (Original Language): English
- Region Code: 1
- Release Date: 2006-12-19
- Running Time: 256 minutes
- Theatrical Release Date: 2006-08-16
