Southern Arts Federation - Episode XXVIII - David Redmon

Allen Bell, Program Director for Contemporary Arts and New Initiatives, interviews David Redmon. Kamp Katrina is David Redmons second documentary film. If follows a New Orleans Upper 9th Ward resident, Ms. Pearl, and her attempt to open up her backyard to give shelter to those who lost their homes in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The film is a story of hope, community, generosity, rebirth and failure. Redmon made his directorial debut with the 2005 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize nominee, Mardi Gras Made in China. Currently, Redmon is working with Kamp Katrina co-director Ashley Sabin on the release of their recently completed film, Intimidad, which follows the the other side of intimacy by focusing on the intimate life of a young woman in Mexico who makes bras for Victorias Secret. In the interview, Redmon discusses Kamp Katrina, Ms. Pearl, the shifting state of housing and the complexity of life in New Orleans, and his most recent film project, Intimidad.