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New Orleans Gets First Viewing of Hurricane Katrina Film
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?r=279&ctl=1387D58:3919ACA Four-hour
documentary, "When the Levees Broke," is directed by award-winning
African-American filmmaker Spike Lee Thousands of people in New
Orleans attended a special preview Wednesday of a new documentary film
about Hurricane Katrina, the storm that devastated the historic city
in the southern state of Louisiana nearly a year ago.







Filmmaker Spike Lee speaks before premiere of his new film 'When The
Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Parts'in New Orleans, Wednesday The
four-hour documentary, "When the Levees Broke," is directed by
award-winning African-American filmmaker Spike Lee, who has made such
films as "Do the Right Thing" and the recent "Inside Man".

The movie features lengthy interviews with at least 100 New Orleans
residents and government officials, including Mayor Ray Nagin. It also
shows the storm's enormous damage and the suffering its victims
experienced afterwards - images that have become indelible reminders
of the disaster for Americans.

Many of those interviewed by the filmmaker say the federal
government's response to the storm damage was slow and inept.

Broadcasts of the documentary will begin next week on U.S. cable
television network HBO.


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