Wendell Pierce's New Orleans

In 2005, the country watched in horror as Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans. As the levees broke and Lake Pontchartrain flooded the Ninth Ward, it seemed impossible that life in the Big Easy would ever be the same. For New Orleans native Wendell Pierce, whose family has called the city home for more than a hundred years, the storm was especially devastating. The star of HBO's "The Wire" and "Treme," Pierce wanted to contribute, through art and music, to rebuilding the city he loved. "The Wind in the Reeds: A Storm, A Play, and the City that Would Not Be Broken," is that story. Producer and playwright Shepsu Aakhu joins him for a conversation.