Homicides have spiked across the United States since 2020 and New Orleans has the highest rate of killings in the country. In this documentary Alastair Good investigates how a mix of Covid lockdowns, corruption and plummeting police numbers have driven the rise of murders in the Big Easy.
Directed, produced and edited by Alastair Good.
Camera and sound by Pauline den Hartog Jager
Animations and grading by Jack Feeney

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