Screening of Spike Lee's "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts" Part 2

A Spike Lee Film and a 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks Production
Directed and produced by Spike Lee
An HBO Documentary Films Event

Learn more about this HBO documentary online

As the world watched in horror, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on August 29, 2005. Like many who watched the unfolding drama on television news, director Spike Lee was shocked not only by the scale of the disaster, but by the slow, inept and disorganized response of the emergency and recovery effort. Lee was moved to document this modern American tragedy, a morality play witnessed by people all around the world. The result is When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts. The film is structured in four acts, each dealing with a different aspect of the events that preceded and followed Katrina's catastrophic passage through New Orleans.

Part 1 (Acts 1 & 2) will be screened on September 3 at 7:30 pm. Part 2 (Acts 3 & 4) will include a pre-performance Talk Back—featuring members the Hot 8 Brass Band—beginning at 8 pm followed by Part 2 of the film. These events are free and open to the public but seating is limited.