While being interviewed at a recent Washington D.C. area film festival, Spike Lee dropped dime that he might be working on a follow up to his hit HBO miniseries “When the Levees Broke.” According to the Hollywood Reporter, the sequel will address the current side-affects, years later of Hurricane Katrina and the U.S. Government’s reaction or lack there of.

“What the press is not really talking about is the mental state — suicide, self-medication. It’s horrible,” Lee told the crowd at Silverdocs, the AFI/Discovery Channel documentary fest in Silver Spring, Md. “I’m going to go back, not just to New Orleans but to other areas affected, because it’s not over.”

Lee has also considered directing a scripted full-length feature film about post-Katrina New Orleans and hinted that David Simon (HBO’s “The Wire“) may join him in such efforts.

It’s obvious that a lot of work still remains in the Gulf Region.   Although its a topic we all wished never happened its important for it to be addressed as to never forget the memories of those lost and to prevent the same mistakes from being made again in the future…or even NOW!