48 Hours: The Whole Gritty City follows the Roots of Music and O. Perry Walker and L.E. Rabouin High School marching bands as its students contend with post-Katrina life in the Crescent City. Beneath its proud traditions, the bands struggle to provide its members with an escape from the volatility, poverty and violence they face daily. Compiled from footage shot between 2007-10, co-director Barber�s inspiration for the documentary stems from a 48 Hours segment he produced that focused on post-Katrina violence in New Orleans, the murders of filmmaker Helen Hill and Hot 8 Brass Band drummer and L.E. Rabouin band director Dinerral Shavers, and the subsequent anti-violence march on City Hall. Shavers, who had also founded Rabouin�s marching band, was killed on December 28, 2006.

Starring:

Dan Rather, Erin Moriarty, Harold Dow, Maureen Maher, Peter Van Sant, Richard Schlesinger, Troy Roberts

Genre:

Documentary