It’s kinda late notice, I know, but WDSU is premiering its Katrina documentary, Song for New Orleans tonight. According to the listing, the show starts at 6:30pm, but since it runs 45 minutes or so without commercials, I’m guessing it’ll really air between 7:00 – 8:00pm. But what do I know?
Anyway, the film is mostly about the Rebirth Brass Band: what they did before the storm and what they’ve been doing since. It’s a hopeful piece, but it’s realistic, too. And the music’s incredible.
The best part, though, comes at the very, very end, in a quote from Charmaine Neville. I can’t recall it verbatim, but basically, she insists that New Orleanians still living in far-flung parts of the world will soon come back to the city for good: they can’t escape, she says, because we put something in their food.
It works on so many levels.
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