This video accompanies the conversation between Kalamu ya Salaam and Joshua B. Guild printed in Katrina’s America (Fall 2025: vol. 31, no. 3).

Featuring Kalamu ya Salaam, Eric Waters, and Joshua B. Guild.
Interview conducted by Joshua Guild in January 2025.

Directed by Kira Akerman and Zac Manuel
Produced by Andy Horowitz
Cinematography by Zac Manuel
Editing by Kira Akerman
Color and Sound by Zac Manuel

The poem “My Will and Testament,” excerpted in this film, is written by Kalamu ya Salaam and dedicated by him to Eric Waters.

“Katrina,” Dr. Michael White. MGW Jazz Publishing (ASCAP), Patti Rae Publishing (ASCAP) from Blue Crescent. Courtesy of Basin Street Records.

Archival funeral procession, funeral procession with the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club, New Orleans, Jules Cahn Collection at the Historic New Orleans Collection.