Thought I'd open a place to discuss for anyone who watched last night. It's pretty devastating, and should be required viewing for every American. I was shocked by some of the footage that Lee got from the BBC, which never aired here, much of which simply showed the scope of the human disaster. Shots of the Superdome evacuation. Overhead shots of the onramps teeming with people. It struck me, as I watched, how our media deliberately chose to minimize our ability to see how many people were truly affected.
(Short interview with Spike Lee here, which may be of interest.)
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