NOVA | Critical Condition: Health in Black America | Season 52 | Episode 9
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on May 11, 2025
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (camera shutter) KERN REESE: The Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club is an intricate part of the fabric of New Orleans.
♪ ♪ And it also became a focal point for social gatherings and for revelry.
♪ ♪ NARRATOR: For the Zulu Club, Mardi Gras 2020 was supposed to be what Mardis Gras had been for generations; a time to let go, forget about hard times, and party.
♪ ♪ Happy Mardi Gras, planet Earth!
Come on down!
It's a party!
REESE: That Mardi Gras was pretty much like any other Mardi . . .
