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New Orleans has the No. 1 per capita murder rating in the nation. A decade earlier the city was dubbed the "Murder Capital of the Country." Drugs and violence controlled the streets, taking a toll on the city's law enforcement, neighborhoods and its people. Illustrating this dark chapter in the city's history is "Death Toll".

Focusing on a year in the life of rapper Earl "DMX" Simmons as he is released from prison in early 2019, the film bears witness to a man searching for reinvention and redemption