Film Analysis: When The Levees Broke

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When The Levees Broke Spike Lee the director of a documentary which aired on August 21, 2006 exposed the events after Katrina and the government’s response to his viewers one year after the hurricane. Lee creates mainly logical and emotional appeals by interviewing the survivors of the hurricane to convince is audience of the government’s neglect. One way he creates emotional appeals is by playing music with a very sad feeling with pictures of the events. He was hoping to make the audience feel sorry for the people. At one time during the documentary he showed pictures of the destroyed houses coupled with the music made for a very sad part during the show. There were houses that had moved off of their foundation. Inside the houses were the

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