HOLLYWOOD - Director
Spike Lee has added a top American journalism award to his slew of filmmaking plaudits, for his anti-government movie covering the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
The
Malcolm X filmmaker was honored for When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, which documents life after the storm hit in August 2005.
Lee was lauded alongside longtime collaborator Sam Pollard, who produced the film, for illustrating evidence of the government's poor handling of the situation in New Orleans post-Katrina.
The awards, created in honor of CBS reporter George W. Polk--who died reporting from the Greek civil war--are regarded as one of journalism's top prizes.
Pollard and Lee have worked together on
Mo' Better Blues,
Jungle Fever,
Girl 6,
Clockers and
Bamboozled. The pair will receive their award on April 12 at a ceremony in New York.
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