When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts


4h 2006

Brief Synopsis

Documentary revolving around New Orleans following the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina.

Film Details

Also Known As
When the Levee Broke
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
2006
Location
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
4h

Synopsis

Documentary revolving around New Orleans following the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina.

Crew

Judy Aley

Rights & Clearances

Arielle Amsalem

Assistant Editor

Walter Anderson

Sound

Damani Andrews

Production Assistant

Les Arceneaux

Production Assistant

Nathan Aronson

Production Assistant

Patrick Barnes

Production Assistant

Paul Beard

Grip

Harry Belafonte

Other

Sasha Bell

Researcher

James Blanchard

Production Assistant

Terence Blanchard

Other

Terence Blanchard

Music Composer

Terence Blanchard

Song Performer

Kathleen Blanco

Other

Helio Bodini

Production Supervisor

Mark Booker

Gaffer

Ethan Borsuk

Assistant Camera

Shaka Brookes

Key Grip

Michael Brown

Assistant

Eleanor Burke

Assistant

Joseph Butler

Production Assistant

Grace Callahan

Production Assistant

Sal Camacho

Assistant Camera

Dakota Campbell

Production Assistant

Carmen Cardenas

Production Assistant

Brian Carlson

Grip

Shari Carpenter

Script Supervisor

Robin Chambless

Production Coordinator

Bayou Chandler

Location Manager

Michael Charbonnet

Assistant Camera

Cliff Charles

Director Of Photography

Cliff Charles

Other

Bob Chefalas

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Steven Chew

Production Assistant

Sayeeda Clarke

Assistant

Mahalia Cohen

Assistant

Mario Costanzo

Foley Artist

Lamont Crawford

Grip

Colin Cumberbatch

Post-Production Coordinator

Brendan Daw

Assistant

Stuart Deutsch

Sound Mixer

Kerwin Devonish

Photography

Michael Eric Dyson

Other

Jeff Ellerbee

Production Assistant

Michael Ellis

Production Supervisor

Dasaw Floyd

Associate Editor

Wilton Ford

Production Assistant

Gabriel Fortunato

Assistant Camera

Pyare Fortunato

Assistant Camera

Lowell Friedman

Production Assistant

Geeta Gandbhir

Editor

Cesar Garza

Camera

Chris Gleaton

Assistant Camera

Jacqueline Glover

Supervising Producer

Mary Gray

Production Assistant

Nick Hahn

Camera

Kwabena Haitar

Assistant

Amy Hall

Electrician

Iain Hall

Electrician

Jeffrey Haupt

Sound

Ruby C Haupt

Boom Operator

Penelope Helmer

Camera

Charles R Hunt

Sound

George Ingmire

Boom Operator

Ken Ishii

Sound Mixer

Jonathan Jahnke

Production Assistant

Robert Jean

Production Assistant

Bret Johnson

Rerecording Assistant

Marquette Jones

Assistant

Brian Kamerzel

Assistant Editor

Jason Lampkin

Other

George Lara

Foley

Dawn Larsen

Production Assistant

R Scott Lebill

Grip

Cinque Lee

Grip

David Lee

Photography

Spike Lee

Producer

Yvette Leplace

Production Assistant

Tara Linn

Production Assistant

Dan Liu

Assistant Editor

Larry Loewinger

Sound

Jerome Loston

Assistant

Tommy Maddox-upshaw

Grip

Tommy Maddox-upshaw

Gaffer

Travis Madison

Production Assistant

Sonia Malfa

Camera Trainee

Wynton Marsalis

Other

Wynton Marsalis

Song Performer

Tamara Martial

Assistant

David Mccarthy

Location Manager

Matthew Mcclellan

Location Manager

Safiya Mcclinton

Assistant

Parish Mclean

Production Assistant

Little Buddy Medina

Production Assistant

Katherine Miller

Sound Editor

John Mmahat

Location Assistant

Lucy Molloy

Assistant

Amanda Morrison

Production Assistant

Doug Murray

Adr Mixer

Ray Nagin

Other

Clayton Nepveux

Electrician

Sheila Nevins

Executive Producer

Matthew Newman

Production Assistant

Nancy Novack

Editor

Soledad O'brien

Other

Daniel Oh

Assistant

Jonathan Parham

Sound

Heather L Parish

Production Accountant

Sean Penn

Other

Eden Marie Picazo

Photography

Wendell Pierce

Other

Michael Pinckney

Production Supervisor

Sam Pollard

Producer

Sam Pollard

Editor

Natalia Quintana

Camera

Nicole Ramirez

Production Assistant

Chris Ramon

Production Assistant

Dee Rees

Assistant

Leonard Reynolds

Location Assistant

John Richie

Assistant Camera

Butch Robinson

Line Producer

Jonathan Robinson

Camera

Kenny Rodriguez

Production Assistant

Ben Rogers

Production Assistant

Fred Rosenberg

Sound Editor

Chris Saddler

Production Assistant

Ricardo Sarmiento

Photography

Carmen L Scott

Production Assistant

Michelle Shannon

Research Assistant

Reverend Al Sharpton

Other

Roland Shay

Production Assistant

Daniel Sheridan

Production Assistant

Ken Shibata

Gaffer

Yvonne Shirley

Production Assistant

Pierson Silver

Camera

Andre Singleton

Production Assistant

Michele Song

Camera

Barry Steadman

Production Assistant

Ivan Strasburg

Photography

Waris Supangong

Assistant Camera

Jeff Taylor

Assistant Camera

Jon Thomas

Production Assistant

Chris Tiffany

Boom Operator

Tichafa Tongogara

Production Assistant

Allen Touissant

Song Performer

Jeff Trent

Production Assistant

Jeff Trent

Assistant

Freddy Turner

Production Assistant

Marcus Turner

Production Supervisor

Marco Umana

Assistant

Aslihan Unaldi

Assistant

Diego Velasco

Assistant Camera

Lynda Vincent

Camera

Steve Visscher

Foley Editor

Bo Walker

Sound

Kanye West

Other

Charles Wiggins

Electrician

Randy Wilkens

Assistant Editor

Randy Wilkins

Assistant

Ben Williams

Boom Operator

Jenna Williams

Production Assistant

Wise Wolfe

Location Manager

Alex Wright

Photography

Nicole Wright

Production Assistant

Alan Zaleski

Foley Editor

Film Details

Also Known As
When the Levee Broke
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
2006
Location
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
4h

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Winner of the 2007 Pare Lorentz Award by the International Documentary Associatin (IDA).

Winner of the Horizons Documentary Prize award at the 2006 Venice International Film Festival.

Winner of three 2007 Emmy Awards including Outstanding Directing For Nonfiction Programming (Spike Lee), Exceptional Merit In Nonfiction Filmmaking, and Outstanding Picture Editing For Nonfiction Programming (Sam Pollard, Geeta Gandbhir, & Nancy Novack). Also nominated for an additional three 2007 Emmy Awards, by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Aired in United States 2006

Aired in United States 2007

Aired in United States August 21, 2006

Aired in United States August 22, 2006

Aired in United States December 19, 2006

Picked up to production for the 2005-2006 season.