Michael Murphy’s new film distills New Orleans’ deep, diverse musical culture into a packed 103-minutes. Featuring local stars and international names Keith Richards, Robert Plant and Sting, Up from the Streets—New Orleans: The City of Music reaches from pre-colonial native American rhythms to enslaved Africans playing drums in Congo Square to opera, jazz, gospel, rhythm-and-blues, funk, rap and bounce.

Up from the Streets will make its world premiere October 19th at the ...