Spike Lee's 'Requiem' for New Orleans on tonight on HBO

[John]

For those of you who get HBO, there's a pretty powerful piece on tonight (and tomorrow I think) by Spike Lee about the New Orleans situation...  in case anyone needed a little bit of an energy boost.

[Veronica]

And to think I just cancelled HBO because they never have anything good on!  Darn.  :(

I would have loved to watch that.

[arkol]

Folks: I highly recommend that you watch the HBO Spike Lee special on Katrina. It was really motivating to me as a reminder of who the people are that we are helping. I got right on my computer and logged in more hours than I have in a while. It made me re- appreciate  the family connections that people have lost. These folks have lost the ability to pass down a family history to future generations that they may never meet. Restoring these heirlooms is more valuable than a FEMA trailer!!!! We are helping these victims to  keep their family history's alive. You all should be very proud and keep up all of your great efforts!!!!
Carol

[glennab]

I don't watch much TV, so I don't have HBO.  Does anyone know if there's any other access to this program?  I'd love to see it.

GG

[Ptollemy]

I'd also be interested to see it, but we don't get HBO Down Under ;D

[John]

This was a very powerful documentary and I went into it expecting to be uplifted but walked away completely enraged :mad: by the way things played out with the government response.  I've never seen such a series of failures piled on top of one another.  But I don't want to get political...   

But I shouldn't say it wasn't inspiring; it certainly put a new perspective on the issue for me and made me appreciate how lucky I am to have the things that I do in life. 

But catch it if you can, it's going to be available via HBO on demand, I believe.  And it'll probaby pop up in part on YouTube or something, I'm sure.

and on a similar note, if you want to see another powerful movie, I saw World Trade Center last weekend and again walked away feeling like I had to do something to make the world a better place.

Both movies are good reminders about how important it is to always do the right thing.

[cmpentecost]

Another good movie is "An Inconvenient Truth", about global warming.  The movie touches upon the destruction of Hurricane Katrina. 

Christine