Iconic filmmaker Spike Lee has not forgotten Hurricane Katrina. In fact, the award-winning director is considering a potential follow-up to his hit HBO miniseries When the Levees Broke.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, during the AF1/Discovery Channel documentary fest, Silverdocs, Spike Lee revealed that he's considering revisiting the affected area where the deadly storm struck within the next 24 months, to tackle issues that the press has not covered.
"I'm going to go back," Lee affirmed, "not just to New Orleans but to other areas affected, because it's not over.
Lee did not specify when that doc would be released, but he did offer insight into what his focus for the project would be.
"What the press is not really talking about is the mental state...suicide, self-medication," he revealed. "It's horrible.
Lee also suggested that there's room for a scripted full-length film about New Orleans, post-Katrina. He tipped that HBO's The Wire creator, David Simon, may be tapped to work on such a picture.
In related news, Lee's day-in-the-life documentary on Kobe Bryant will air this fall at the start of the NBA season on ABC/ESPN and his film on Michael Jordan's last season of his professional basketball career is slated for release next year.