Tambu is a deeply evocative documentary that explores TambuFest, a vibrant Jamaican celebration of drumming, dance, and cultural memory. Through immersive footage of the festival, the film captures a living tradition where rhythm, movement, and communal gathering become acts of remembrance and survival. Interwoven with striking imagery from plantation ruins in Eastern Jamaica, slave dungeons in Ghana, and archival photographs, Tambu traces the enduring legacy of African diasporic histories shaped by slavery, indenture, and resilience. Narrated by master drummer and TambuFest co-founder Junior “Gabu” Wedderburn, the film reveals how sound and movement carry stories that history books often leave behind. At its core, Tambu highlights how Jamaican folk practitioners build spaces of connection through drumming, dance, prayer, and the sharing of food—transforming performance into a living archive of cultural memory. The film reflects on traditions such as kumina, kromanti, dinki-mini, and djembe, illustrating their deep roots in West African practices and their evolution within the Caribbean experience. These forms not only preserve ancestral knowledge but also speak to ongoing resistance against cultural erasure, bridging past and present through embodied expression. Directed by Laurie Lambert, Tambu reflects her longstanding engagement with Caribbean folk practices, Black feminist thought, and African diasporic history. A filmmaker and scholar based in New York City, Lambert is also the author of Comrade Sister: Caribbean Feminist Revisions of the Grenada Revolution and teaches at Fordham University. With academic training from institutions including Toronto Metropolitan University, the University of Toronto, and New York University, her work bridges scholarship and cinema. Tambu stands as a powerful meditation on how rhythm, memory, and intergenerational knowledge continue to shape Caribbean identity and diasporic belonging.