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The Whole Gritty City

Oct 12, 2013 | IMDB 8

89 min Watch Now

Documentary, Music

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.

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Bruce Davenport Jr., Kirk Dugar Jr., Brandon Franklin

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