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| Latest Cast Event |
9th Annual Young Hollywood Awards
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| Picture of the Moment |
Cody and Dakota on the set of Hounddog
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| Hounddog Director Wins VW Relentless Drive Award |
My film, "Hounddog" is all about finding one's true voice. We'd shot four weeks straight when we were shut down by the union. Trying to finish, the stress became almost overwhelming when, with almost no time left, a ferocious lightening storm hit. Cast and crew were whisked away to their trailors. I sat there, trapped in silent dispair, feeling my film slipping away.
I put on Bessi Smith. "When it thunders and lightenin' ... mmmmmm, I can't move no mo'." You know that feeling when a piece of music speaks your truth better than you can? I wept for Dakota's brilliant performance and I wept for all the women who've been abused. Then I had an inspiration. I asked my DP to shoot the lightening as it lit up the broken down cars. It ended up becoming important footage for the film. It stormed around us all night. But we finished the work and ultimately, the film... wailing the blues.
Deborah Kampmeier
Director, Hounddog
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