Ray Pride

Expanding on an acquaintance with a woman who appears in their startling documentary, "Mardi Gras: Made in China," David Redmon and Ashley Sabin capture months in the lives of an impromptu tent community that is assembled by Upper Ninth Ward fixture, the Native American Ms. Pearl. Redmon and Sabin had begun following her before the hurricane and stayed as more than a dozen of the newly homeless move in. Drama and class conflict ensue with all the cussed character you could hope for. "A lot of that sparkle and makeup is covering real pain," Ms. Pearl says of New Orleans. As observant as their economic trail of beads and bangles in "MG: MIC," Redmon and Sabin capture obstinacy, community and hope as well as all kinds of destruction that follow the aftermath of hell and high water, including the city’s resistance to residents’ efforts. Gripping, painful, sometimes beautiful stuff. 74m.

"Kamp Katrina" opens Friday at Facets.

(2007-08-28)

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Where’d the summer go?" a woman says, crashing into the room with a friend who’s got a matching soggy RedEye atop her hair
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Engineering This Fiasco
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Life after Life
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