I feel like I’ve grown up along side Spike Lee; as if his stories have clarified my personal experiences and gave meaning to my generation. I’m proud to see him do this story on new Orleans and will have to somehow get access to HBO so I can see this new movie!!  I’d like to call my children home and sit down and watch this one with them.

HBO is to show the first two hours of “When the Levees Broke:  A Requim in Four Acts” on Aug. 21 at 9 p.m., the last two on Aug. 22 at 9 p.m. It will be shown in its entirety at 8 p.m. on Aug. 29, the anniversary of the hurricane, one of the country’s worst natural disasters.

“I realized this would be the film of record,” said Sheila Nevins, the film’s executive producer. “When Spike interviews a forgotten American whose kid floated away in the water, he lets them raise up their poetry. They’re able to express to him what they’re not able to express to anyone else.”

Peace.