The Whole Gritty City
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Extras: Battles ; Second lines ; O. Perry Walker HS Concert Band ; NOPD Officer Shelita Haynes ; The Root's of Music's first drumline ; Rabouin HS cheerleaders and band practice ; Two brithday parties ; Selling education ; Roots of Music teachers discuss their uniforms ; The wedding of Kirk and Denesha Dugar.
"Young members of 3 New Orleans school marching bands grow up in America's most musical city, and one of its most dangerous. Their band directors get them ready to perform in the Mardi Gras parades, and teach them to succeed and to survive"--IMDb.
DVD; NTSC.
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
wonderful submitted by manz on March 9, 2016, 10:20am This is a wonderful film! Sure, I might be a sucker for a movie where teachers are changing lives.... but this documentary features so many humans that shine!
PUBLISHED
[New York] : Band Room Productions, [2014]
Year Published: 2014
Description: 1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequence ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Barber, Richard (Director),
Lambertson, Andre,
SUBJECTS
Marching bands -- New Orleans.
Music -- Social aspects -- New Orleans.
Carnival -- New Orleans.
New Orleans (La.) -- Social life and customs.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.