TV series
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Overview
Spike Lee's award-winning documentary follows the events that preceded and followed Hurricane Katrina's catastrophic passage through New Orleans in 2005.
Details
- First air date
- 2006-08-21
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 4 episodes
- Genres
- Documentary
- Network
- HBO
- Production
- Spike Lee Film, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Ray Nagin as Self
- Garland Robinette as Self
- Kathleen Blanco as Self
- Darleen Asevedo as Self
- Jay Asevedo as Self
- Harry Belafonte as Self
- Wendell Pierce as Self
- Mike Myers as Self
- Dick Cheney as Self
- Terence Blanchard as Self
- Wynton Marsalis as Self
- Al Sharpton as Self
Creators and crew
- Spike Lee - Creator
- Sheila Nevins - Executive Producer
- Spike Lee - Producer
- Spike Lee - Director
Episodes
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