Documenting Tragedy and Resilience

Spike Lee's documentary, When the Levees Broke, provides an informative, enduring, and alternative presentation surrounding the human and man-made debacle associated with Hurricane Katrina. Levees centers the voices of survivors and others involved in the weeks during and after the hurricane, historicizes residents' understandings and reactions, and grounds the entire film in powerful images and footage captured by countless people during the protracted moment. As an enduring document that exists outside of the contemporary television-driven news cycle, Levees provides critical groundwork for community conversation. Likewise, and with thoughtful preparation work, Levees offers a tremendous opportunity for culturally and contextually resonant and relevant classroom teaching

Cartography · Conversation · Geography · Hurricane katrina · Levee · Natural disaster · Political science · Presentation (obstetrics) · Psychological resilience · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Tragedy (event) · American Sports and Literature · Cinema and Media Studies · Literature, Film, and Journalism Analysis · Psychology · Social Psychology