Essentially an interacial love story betwixt two journalists set against the backdrop of The Truth and Reconciliation Commission in post-apartheid South Africa. There's enough dirt about police murders and torture in the apartheid state to keep whites squirming uncomfortably and enough healing and forgiveness to leave you feeling that race problems dissipate with a bit of a hug. Nevertheless Boorman is a skilled film maker and he manages the finer aspects of this well scripted movie without teet
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WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE : DISC 1 (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
As the world watched in horror, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on August 29, 2005. Director Spike Lee, shocked not only by the scale of the disaster, but by the slow, inept and disorganized response of the emergency and recovery effort, was moved to document this modern American tragedy. This is largely talking heads stuff with survivors, inhabitants, politicos and media types telling their stories. The film is structured in four acts, each dealing with a different aspect of the events that p
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WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE : DISC 2 (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
As the world watched in horror, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on August 29, 2005. Director Spike Lee, shocked not only by the scale of the disaster, but by the slow, inept and disorganized response of the emergency and recovery effort, was moved to document this modern American tragedy. This is largely talking heads stuff with survivors, inhabitants, politicos and media types telling their stories. The film is structured in four acts, each dealing with a different aspect of the events that p
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WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE : DISC 3 (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
As the world watched in horror, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans on August 29, 2005. Director Spike Lee, shocked not only by the scale of the disaster, but by the slow, inept and disorganized response of the emergency and recovery effort, was moved to document this modern American tragedy. This is largely talking heads stuff with survivors, inhabitants, politicos and media types telling their stories.
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