Kamp Katrina

Kamp Katrina
Directed by Ashley Sabin and David Redmon
2007, 74 minutes

Kamp Katrina is currently playing in theaters around the country. We encourage you to go out and support independent film in the theaters.

About the Film

Kamp Katrina, an award-winning cinéma vérité documentary, follows the in-depth lives of a small group of people who have taken refuge in a garden transformed into a tent city by an extraordinary New Orleans couple, Ms. Pearl and her husband, David. Carnivalesque Films’ latest documentary uses tragedy as a tool to clarify and illuminate abandonment and madness in their lives. This film has no political targets; instead, it focuses on the struggle of individuals who attempt to pick up their lives in the face of loss, grief, and hope.

Directors’ Bios

In 2004, David Redmon and Ashley Sabin founded Carnivalesque Films, a documentary production company located in Brooklyn, New York. Their collaborative goal is to explore how personal stories relate to complex social issues. Carnivalesque Films shoots, edits, and distributes award-winning films that challenge audiences with unusual perspectives.

Praise for Kamp Katrina

“Kamp Katrina captures an exceptionally pathos-rich tale. The personal dramas and tense struggles of the residents are moving, but the hostility they face from the powers-that-be is saddening in its bureaucratic predictability.”—Jason  Ferguson, Orlando Weekly

“First-time director Ashley Sabin and Mardi Gras: Made in China director David Redmon have created a gripping documentary about the fringe society that has nowhere else to turn for help. Quirky upbeat music, flashes of colorful costumes, and occasional bursts of humor elevate this tragedy to a mesmerizing study of humanity under the worst conditions.”—Leslie Halpern, Ezine