Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Fishing in Cajun country

The new feature length Court 13 project, tentatively titled "BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD," is among many things, an epic tale of man vs. nature, with Cajun country as its backdrop.

So, in a certain way, one might consider the following video our film's teaser trailer. Lassez le bon fish roule!



Beats Crocodile Dundee's method for sure.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

The Court's Home Earns Some Front Page Ink

Court 13's world headquarters, better known as the Studio at Colton (and formerly Charles J Colton Middle School, pre-storm) made it above the fold this week in the New Orleans Times-Picayune. An extensive feature article dominated the front page of the local periodical, detailing all the who what and how that goes down at Colton.

Court 13 is just one of many artistic outfits that has mounted a shingle. As per the article:

Several times a week, more than 150 students, mostly high schoolers from the Recovery School District, spend time at the Studio at Colton -- a fledgling arts center where an idle campus has been transformed into work space for dozens of artists.


The article also dishes out some words of wisdom from Court associate Annie E, who also works and teaches out of Colton, pimping the rides of neighborhood youth through her re-upholstery class.

Read the whole article here.