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Spike Lee’s 4-Hour Katrina Doc Sequel Called ‘If God Is Willing And Da Creek Don’t Rise,’ Airs August 23-24

Kevin Jagernauth — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:04:00 +0000

Back in January, we reported that Spike Lee and his crew were heading back to New Orleans to begin filming a sequel to his massive and celebrated documentary “When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts.” The HBO production was a massive opus and a critically-lauded look at the city of New Orleans as it suffered and survived through one of the worst natural disasters to ever land in the United States. The film won three Emmys and ranked in the top five of our list of the best documentaries of the last decade.

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Spike Lee Heads To Haiti To Film Footage For Sequel To ‘When The Levees Broke’

Kevin Jagernauth — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:41:00 +0000

Back in January, we reported that Spike Lee and his crew were heading back to New Orleans to begin filming a sequel to his massive and celebrated documentary “When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts.” The HBO production was a critically-lauded look at the city of New Orleans as it suffered and survived through one of the worst natural disasters to ever land in the United States. The film won three Emmys and ranked in the top five of our list of the best documentaries of the last decade.

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Spike Lee To Start Filming Tomorrow On Follow-Up To “When the Levees Broke”

Kevin Jagernauth — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:55:00 +0000

Spike Lee’s 2006 post-Hurricane Katrina documentary, “When The Levees Broke: A Requiem In Four Acts,” was one of the most arresting documentaries of the last decade (and ranked in our top five). The film was an elegiac and surprisingly hopeful look at the lives and loss suffered by the people of New Orleans, and celebrated the city’s importance as a national cultural center. In addition to earning nearly universal acclaim, the film earned three Emmys as well.

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Spike Lee Might Not Be Done With Katrina Quite Yet; Spills The Beans On David Simon’s New Film?

Rodrigo Perez — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:52:00 +0000

Spike Lee, the director of the incisive documentary, “When the Levees Broke,” says he’s considering revisiting the subject of Hurricanes Katrina and its disaster effect on New Orleans.

“I’m going to go back, not just to New Orleans but to other areas affected, because it’s not over,” he said. What the press is not really talking about is the mental state — suicide, self-medication. It’s horrible.” Lee also said that “The Wire,” creator David Simon might be making a feature-length film on the same subject.

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