Monday February 23, 2009
Screening of Spike Lee's "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts" Part 1 (Not Rated)
Sponsored by UNCW Presents and the Counseling Center.
Faculty discussion panel to follow screening.
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.
7 pm. Lumina Theater. Free.
Part 2 will show on March 2 at 7 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public. Presented as part of the Social Justice Film Series sponsored by UNCW Presents.
When the Levees Broke, Part 1(2006) USA; Dir. Spike Lee; 127 min; DVD; Documentary.
Brought to you by UNCW Presents.
