Hardy Holy Days, from the Court. We may be largely Jewish by birth and by profession, but we are secular/humanist in spirit… Like most New Orleanians, we jive with any and all causes for celebration.
And as a season greeting to you, enjoy this little article on the new movie from the Houma Courier, hometown paper [...]

The YouTube has given the “Glory at Sea” soundtrack a life of its own: first Obama, then Google, and now… its own mash-up track. Check it:

Excuse me–mash-up tracks, plural. Me likes this one better, even:
“Throw Your Arms Around Me (Remix)”
DJ Danger Mouse, beware.

Today we dig into the Court 13 archives to bring you a special treat, one that we’ve somehow never brought to the world at large before. It comes from the first incarnation of the Court 13 Acting/Moviemaking School for Young People, back on the Isle of the Manahattoes, where Benh taught filmmaking class to kids [...]

After a year plus toiling in the dark of the cyberworld with narry an up-to-date website to our name, Court 13 has finally revamped itself for the digital era. We present:
WWW.COURT13.COM

Through the website you can join the Court 13 Army–host or demand screenings of our stuff in your area, spread the word about Court 13, [...]

Right, so you follow the blog, and you know “Sundance” is a good thing, but you read about us getting into the Directors/Writers/Producers Lab, and think — What the hell is that? Who’s there? What do you do all day? Does it involve beakers?

Thanks to YouTube, the Sundance Institute has demystified much of the process [...]

A great day in Court 13 land! It has come to our attention that the Court’s new project “BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD” has been blessed with the generosity of Rooftop Films and bestowed their Filmmakers Fund Eastern Effects Equipment Grant!

What does this mean? It means that during production we will be given use [...]

Here is an email we sent out to all Court 13 supporters. If you’re a regular reader of our blog, most of this will not be news to you.

If you’d like to join our e-mail army, please click
HERE.

Hello Court 13 Faithful!

Well it should be no surprise that more than four months have passed since our last “monthly” Court 13 update (The good news is we didn’t clog up your inbox though, right?). But don’t confuse our lack of communication with inertia, because its source is in fact the opposite: we’ve actually been busy as bees down here in New Orleans… and so our silence is even less excusable. Let’s just get right to the bullet points:
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