Doc A Day : When The Levees Broke (2006, Spike Lee)

Have I Seen It Before : Yep Viewed Via : DVD Subtitled "A Requiem In Four Acts" , Spike Lee's naked look at Hurricane Katrina and the devastation that it, and the inaction of the US Government, caused New Orleans , is at once heartbreaking and hopeful. Lee tells the story of the storm through raw eyewitness footage and interviews conducted in the aftermath. Be they "someone famous" or not, they are all true citizens of this city and tell their tales honestly, full of emotion that Lee refuses to turn away from. I always liked Spike Lee, but at some point (Somewhere around Girl 6/Summer of Sam), he seemed to "slip". Gone was a passion that had ignited Malcolm X and Do the Right Thing. But this and 25th Hour brought it back full force. Lee is going to show you everything, no matter how hard it may be to see. Its hard to imagine a nation this rich, this well equipped would allow some of its own people to float, dead and bloated down the middle of the street they called home. But there it is , all through Lee's unblinking eye. 255 minutes seems too short when something is done this well.