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Film Analysis: When The Levees Broke
In the excerpt “The Hurricane” from Their Eyes Were Watching God, the main character Jaine refused to leave her husband and town over a storm; assuming it would not be bad and would be easy to repair any damages. To her surprise, much devastation was created by the storm and many racial and class discrepancies in the social system were realized. Similarly, on the 25th of August 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit the gulf coast; leaving behind tremendous damage to multiple cities, specifically New Orleans. Along side infrastructural damage throughout the city, damage within the New Orleans race and class hierarchies was disclosed. In the documentary, directed by Spike Lee, “When the Levees Broke” it reveals that those heavily impacted were low income,
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