Free Spike Lee Movie for High School Teachers

Via the American School Board Journal:

“When the Levees Broke,” Spike Lee’s acclaimed documentary on the experience of New Orleans residents following Hurricane Katrina, will be given free to high schools this fall to “encourage a democratic dialogue around the issues of race and class.”

The two-disk DVD set, which includes Lee’s four-part documentary and hours of extras, is available free to high school, college, and community educators through a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. Teachers College Press also has published a multidisciplinary curriculum guide, “Teaching the Levees,” to accompany the series.

The documentary and curriculum guide are available by request at www.teachingthelevees.com.