The film ultimately is too tedious and meandering to have the desired impact, with its subject matter more appropriate for a short newsmagazine segment than a feature length documentary.
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09/10/07
Kamp Katrina (2007)
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Reviews Counted: 10
Fresh: 8
Rotten:2
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Theatrical Release:Aug 23, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: Set in post-Katrina New Orleans, Louisiana, follows Ms. Pearl, a 56 year old Upper 9th Ward resident and Native American, over the course of six months. Ms. Pearl enthusiastically offers her... [More]
Director: Ashley Sabin, David Redmon
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Top CriticThis verite digital video about coping with natural disaster contains exotic characters, tragic hardships, bureaucratic indifference, inner demons and the birth of a crack baby.
08/31/07
Top CriticAshley Sabin and David Redmon's gently observational videography and editing let the story emerge without any controlling structure or narration...
08/31/07
Top CriticFor a much more micro look at the storm's impact upon a small band of New Orleans eccentrics, there's David Redmon and Ashley Sabin's Kamp Katrina.
08/30/07
Top CriticAn eye-opening expose' welcoming white Americans to the Third World.
08/25/07
A touching documentary by Ashley Sabin and David Redmon, introduces us to [residents] of the makeshift Kamp Katrina.
08/24/07
Top CriticAshley Sabin and David Redmon's bittersweet film documents the efforts of two New Orleans natives to help their beloved city heal from Hurricane Katrina's devastation.
08/22/07
Stirring and lurid in equal measure, the film is compelling in its details but queasily detached: verité verging on exploitation.
08/21/07
Top CriticThe film is ungainly and lacks for focus, not unlike its subjects, but it has a heart as big as the Mississippi and believes in the future of New Orleans and its people.
08/20/07
A worthy addition to the steadily increasing array of docs about life and strife in post-Katrina New Orleans.
08/20/07
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