Kalamu Ya Salaam on the Future of New Orleans

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Kalamu Ya Salaam is a writer, film-maker and producer who evacuated New Orleans just ahead of the storm. He tells Jim Fleming he lost his grandfather in the floods after Hurricane Betsy in 1965, and speculates on the future New Orleans. He thinks business interests necessitate the rebuilding of the city, but doubts there will be any room for the thousands of poor Black people who had called the city home and who created its vibrant culture.