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* HopeSpot: One interviewee talks about going to the office of his law firm and seeing that the power was back on in the building. Thinking that this meant he could start reopening the business, he and his brothers arrived at the building later to discover that the building had only temporarily been provided with electricity so that it would

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* HopeSpot: One interviewee talks about going to the office of his law firm and seeing that the power was back on in the building. Thinking that this meant he could start reopening the business, he and his brothers arrived at the building later to discover that the building had only temporarily been provided with electricity so that it would look good in the background while George Bush gave a speech.
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* LivesInAVan: One segment looks at the FEMA trailers supplied to people who've been made homeless by the storm, from how difficult they are to obtain

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* LivesInAVan: One segment looks at the FEMA trailers supplied to people who've been made homeless by the storm, from how difficult they are to obtain to how shoddily they're built.



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''When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts'' is a 2006 documentary series directed by Creator/SpikeLee about the impact of Hurricane Katrina, focussing primarily on first hand accounts from residents of New Orleans. Acts One and Two look at the immediate impact of the storm, while Acts Three and Four look at the ongoing efforts of the city's citizens to rebuild their lives and the obstacles they face.

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''When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts'' is a 2006 documentary series directed by Creator/SpikeLee about the impact of Hurricane Katrina, focussing primarily on first hand accounts from residents of New Orleans. Acts One and Two look at the immediate impact of the storm, while Acts Three and Four look at the ongoing efforts of the city's citizens residents to rebuild their lives and the obstacles they face.



* HopeSpot: One interviewee talks about going to the office of his law firm and seeing that the power was back on in the building. Thinking that this meant he could start reopening the business, he and his brothers arrived at the building later to discover that the building had only temporarily been provided with electricity so that it would
* LivesInAVan: One segment looks at the FEMA trailers supplied to people who've been made homeless by the storm, from how difficult they are to obtain



* LongLastLook: Junior Rodriguez recounts how, when he eventually decided to leave his home before the storm hit, he asked his wife to take the scenic route on the drive so he could take one last look before the storm came in and changed everything.






* ShoutOut:
** Phyllis Montana Leblanc compares the storm tearing the roofs off buildings to the title character in ''Film/AttackOfThe50FootWoman''
** Wynton Marsalis sings an ACappella version of the folk song "St James Infirmary", which gets used as the soundtrack for a brief montage of footage of survivors making their way through the city’s flooded streets.



* WhatTheHellHero: According to Michael Eric Dyson, when Condoleezza Rice was out shoe shopping in the immediate aftermath of the storm, she was rebuked by another customer for wasting her time on something so trivial while so many people were dying, and was also [[ShamedByAMob booed by the audience]] when she went to see ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}''. [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shoe-stopper/ Rice's own memoir]] corroborates this story in that she mentions going to Ferragamo and going to ''{{Theatre/Spamalot}}'', although she doesn't discuss what sort of reactions she encountered from the public.

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* WhatTheHellHero: According to Michael Eric Dyson, when Condoleezza Rice was out shoe shopping in the immediate aftermath of the storm, she was rebuked by another customer for [[WhileRomeBurns wasting her time on something so trivial while so many people were dying, dying]], and was also [[ShamedByAMob booed by the audience]] when she went to see ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}''. [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shoe-stopper/ Rice's own memoir]] corroborates this story in that she mentions going to Ferragamo and going to ''{{Theatre/Spamalot}}'', although she doesn't discuss what sort of reactions she encountered from the public.
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* StrawmanHasAPoint (InUniverse): Creator/AlSharpton says that he's often been very critical of HipHop artists for not having anything substantive to say, but he says that Music/KanyeWest was expressing what many people, particularly Black people, were feeling about Bush's response to the Hurricane.

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* StrawmanHasAPoint (InUniverse): Creator/AlSharpton says that he's often been very critical of HipHop artists for not having anything substantive to say, but he says that Music/KanyeWest was expressing what many people, particularly Black people, were feeling about Bush's response to the Hurricane.Katrina.
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* WhatTheHellHero: According to Michael Eric Dyson, when Condoleezza Rice was out shoe shopping in the immediate aftermath, she was rebuked by another customer for wasting her time on something so trivial while so many people were dying, and was also [[ShamedByAMob booed by the audience]] when she went to see ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}''. [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shoe-stopper/ Rice's own memoir]] corroborates this story in that she mentions going to Ferragamo and going to ''{{Theatre/Spamalot}}'', although she doesn't mention any reactions from the public seeing her there.

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* WhatTheHellHero: According to Michael Eric Dyson, when Condoleezza Rice was out shoe shopping in the immediate aftermath, aftermath of the storm, she was rebuked by another customer for wasting her time on something so trivial while so many people were dying, and was also [[ShamedByAMob booed by the audience]] when she went to see ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}''. [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shoe-stopper/ Rice's own memoir]] corroborates this story in that she mentions going to Ferragamo and going to ''{{Theatre/Spamalot}}'', although she doesn't mention any discuss what sort of reactions she encountered from the public seeing her there.public.
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* StrawmanHasAPoint (InUniverse): Creator/AlSharpton says that he's often been very critical of HipHop artists for not having anything substantive to say, but he says that Music/KanyeWest was expressing what many people, particularly Black people, were feeling

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* StrawmanHasAPoint (InUniverse): Creator/AlSharpton says that he's often been very critical of HipHop artists for not having anything substantive to say, but he says that Music/KanyeWest was expressing what many people, particularly Black people, were feeling about Bush's response to the Hurricane.
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Creator/AlSharpton says that he's often been very critical of HipHop artists for not having anything substantive to say, but he says that Music/KanyeWest was expressing what many people, particularly Black people, were feeling

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* StrawmanHasAPoint: StrawmanHasAPoint (InUniverse): Creator/AlSharpton says that he's often been very critical of HipHop artists for not having anything substantive to say, but he says that Music/KanyeWest was expressing what many people, particularly Black people, were feeling
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->''This film document is in remembrance of all the Hurricane Katrina victims in New Orleans and in the Gulf states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Today, the people living along the Gulf Coast continue in their daily struggle to rebuild, revive and renew in these United States of America.

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->''This film document is in remembrance of all the Hurricane Katrina victims in New Orleans and in the Gulf states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. Today, the people living along the Gulf Coast continue in their daily struggle to rebuild, revive and renew in these United States of America.
-->-- The OpeningScroll of Act One.



* CrappyHolidays: One of the interviewees is a pastor at a church in Queens that had several new members who’d evacuated to the area after Katrina. He describes the Thanksgiving just two months after the hurricane as being “gut-wrenching” for them.
* DeerInTheHeadlights: Mike Myers' reaction to Kanye's unscripted statement that "George Bush doesn't

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* CitywideEvacuation: A mandatory evacuation of the city was ordered when it became clear how severe the storm would be, but many residents did not evacuate, either because they felt like they could ride it out or because they didn't have the means to evacuate.
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* CrappyHolidays: One of the interviewees is a pastor at a church in Queens that had several new members who’d evacuated to the area after Katrina. He describes the Thanksgiving just two months after the hurricane as being “gut-wrenching” "gut-wrenching" for them.
* DeerInTheHeadlights: Mike Myers' reaction to Kanye's live unscripted statement that "George Bush doesn't care about Black people."
* FinaleCredits: Just before the credits proper, Act Four ends with a montage of every interviewee giving their names and where they're from in New Orleans.
* GoodTimesMontage: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Act One opens with a montage set to "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?" by Music/LouisArmstrong showing StockFootage that showcases the city's past and rich cultural heritage, juxtaposed against more recent footage showing the destruction of Katrina.



* LocalSoundtrack: As well as an original score by New Orleans native, Terence Blanchard, the series includes music from other local artists and musical performances from parades in the city.
* ManlyTears: Several men weep openly, both in footage from the event itself and in the interviews:
-->'''Damon Hewitt''': In days after Katrina, many of us cried. I'm not afraid to say that I cried because I was sad about what I was seeing. And I cried because people were losing their lives. And I cried because there was such chaos. And I cried because I felt helpless and I didn't know what I could do.



* TalkingHeads: Is made up primarily of interviews, most of which are held in a studio. Some of them are filmed on location in the city.

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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Creator/AlSharpton says that he's often been very critical of HipHop artists for not having anything substantive to say, but he says that Music/KanyeWest was expressing what many people, particularly Black people, were feeling
* TalkingHeads: Is The documentary made up primarily of interviews, most of which are held in a studio. Some of them are filmed on location in the city.city.
* TitledAfterTheSong: The title is a reference to the blues song, "When the Levee Breaks" by Memphis Minnie.



* WhatTheHellHero: According to Michael Eric Dyson, when Condoleezza Rice was out shoe shopping in the immediate aftermath, she was rebuked by another customer for wasting her time on something so trivial while so many people were dying, and was also [[ShamedByAMob booed by the audience]] when she went to see ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}''. [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shoe-stopper/ Rice's own memoir]] corroborates this story in that she mentions going to Ferragamo and going to the theatre, although she doesn't mention any reactions from the public seeing her there.

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* WhatTheHellHero: According to Michael Eric Dyson, when Condoleezza Rice was out shoe shopping in the immediate aftermath, she was rebuked by another customer for wasting her time on something so trivial while so many people were dying, and was also [[ShamedByAMob booed by the audience]] when she went to see ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}''. [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shoe-stopper/ Rice's own memoir]] corroborates this story in that she mentions going to Ferragamo and going to the theatre, ''{{Theatre/Spamalot}}'', although she doesn't mention any reactions from the public seeing her there.there.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Many people were unable to return to the city after being evacuated, not just because their homes had been destroyed but because existing problems with the city's infrastructure had been exacerbated by the hurricane to the point that they couldn't justify moving back when they had a better quality of life elsewhere.

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* DeerInTheHeadlights: Mike Myers' reaction to Kanye's unscripted statement that "George Bush doesn't



* WhatTheHellHero: According to Michael Eric Dyson, when Condoleezza Rice was out shoe shopping in the immediate aftermath, she was rebuked by another customer for wasting her time on something so trivial

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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Marc Morial commends the US Coast Guard for disregarding normal rules so that they could do as much as they possibly could with their resources to rescue people.
* SpreadingDisasterMapGraphic: There is a brief display of a map in order to illustrate the breaches of the levees.
* TalkingHeads: Is made up primarily of interviews, most of which are held in a studio. Some of them are filmed on location in the city.
* TraumaButton: Several interviewees speak candidly about the impact the hurricane and its aftermath has had on their mental health.
* WhatTheHellHero: According to Michael Eric Dyson, when Condoleezza Rice was out shoe shopping in the immediate aftermath, she was rebuked by another customer for wasting her time on something so trivialtrivial while so many people were dying, and was also [[ShamedByAMob booed by the audience]] when she went to see ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}''. [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shoe-stopper/ Rice's own memoir]] corroborates this story in that she mentions going to Ferragamo and going to the theatre, although she doesn't mention any reactions from the public seeing her there.
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''When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts'' is a 2006 documentary series directed by Creator/SpikeLee about the impact of Hurricane Katrina, focussing primarily on first hand accounts from residents of New Orleans. Acts One and Two look at the immediate impact of the storm, while Acts Three and Four look at the ongoing efforts of the city's citizens to rebuild their lives and the obstacles they face.

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* CrappyHolidays: One of the interviewees is a pastor at a church in Queens that had several new members who’d evacuated to the area after Katrina. He describes the Thanksgiving just two months after the hurricane as being “gut-wrenching” for them.
* HeatWave: The immediate aftermath of the storm included overwhelmingly high temperatures at a time when people didn’t have air conditioning or even just an intact building where they could shelter from the elements.
* WhatTheHellHero: According to Michael Eric Dyson, when Condoleezza Rice was out shoe shopping in the immediate aftermath, she was rebuked by another customer for wasting her time on something so trivial

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