When The Levees Broke

            When The Levees Broke gives us an intimate and heartbreaking look into the destruction of what I consider one of the most amazing cities in the U.S. especially after watching this video. The video shows and tells the personal stories of who survived in the wake of hurricane Katrina. This film shows the trials and tribulations that this city and its inhabitants have endured, but more importantly it shows the strength, the courage, and the spirit that these people have shown in the face of the death, devastation, and disease. But more importantly it shown the spirit, strength and courage that the people of New Orleans have to look at all the destruction and still stand back up and rebuild. The video shows New Orleans will to survive, and keep their culture and city alive.

            When the Levees broke is an emotional four hour-film that crosses a variety of different backgrounds, to show the mutually devastation the people of New Orleans faced.  Despite the fact that I like I’m sure most everybody viewed the coverage on the news, the video shows a much more raw version of the devastation of New Orleans. Like the images of people standing on roof tops with signs pleading for help, the personal stories we hear throughout the video of the people that were lost in the flooding, and the most devastating of all at the end of the first chapter the coverage of corpses lying in the street some covered but most not left to rot because there were was no where to put them. The horrific volume of devastation, death, suffering and misery shocked me I knew that it was horrible but I had no idea what the New Orleans went through and I still really don’t.

            But what makes this movie spectacular to me is the hope, that despite the devastation and the fact that here we are four years later and still there are parts of New Orleans that look like it was only four days ago, the people of New Orleans show. The hope that their city will be rebuilt to its once glory. That to me makes me think that New Orleans is the greatest city in America