David Redmon's guest appearances

David Redmon

Face2Face with David Peck

Spoiler Alert Radio

Endeavours Radio

Olli Maki

Ashley Sabin

Peter Albrechtsen

Werner Herzog

Nick Prueher

Sean Campbell

Jane Fonda

Sammy Davis Jr

Hans Zimmer

Pamela Hawley

Patrick Smith

Richard Bell

Julius Onah

William Shatner

Lee Daniels

OwlTail

Ashley, David and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their brilliant new film Do Donkeys Act, mutual appreciation, living poems, the sentience of animals, the environment and our relationship to it and why we all might need a break from humans every now and then. Biography Filmmaking duo David Redmon and Ashley Sabin together produce, direct, photograph and edit critically acclaimed cinematic documentaries that have screened internationally in festivals and on television worldwide at Sundance, Toronto, Cinema du Reel, Rotterdam, Visions du Reel, RIDM, MoMA, and Viennale Film Festivals and on PBS, POV, BBC, CBC, DR, ARTE, and NHK. Their body of work includes four recent “animal ethnography” films based in the world of donkeys and funded by the Leverhulme Trust: Sanctuary (2017), Do Donkeys Act? (2017), Choreography (2014), and Herd (2015); two dream/memory cinema poems Sentient 1 &amp; 2 (2015/2016); a 6 minute snowbound ballet mécanique, Neige (2016); a suite of U.S. post-industrialization themed films set inside three interconnected factories on the coast of Prospect Harbor, Maine: Downeast  (2012), Night Labor (2013), and Kingdom of Animal (2012); a feature documentary about the labyrinthine world of teenage modeling in which a New York based scout recruits Siberian teenagers to the Tokyo model market Girl Model (2011); a film linking China and New Orleans through globalized manufacturing of cheap throwaway goods for American leisure pursuit, Mardi Gras: Made in China (2005) and two “carnivalesque” character driven films set in Louisiana Kamp Katrina (2007) and Invisible Girlfriend (2009). Lastly, set on the U.S. Mexico border, a longitudinal love story about family relationships and the meaning of “home” Intimidad (2008), which has been described as “a documentary fairytale of truly humbling proportions.”  A former Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University with a PhD in sociology from the University at Albany, State University of New York, David Redmon is now a lecturer in the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent, UK.  A Fulbright Scholarship recipient, Ashley Sabin earned a M.F.A. at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec and graduated with high honors in Art History, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Synopsis “Burned, beaten, abandoned, donkeys look back at us humans with indifference, and bray.” David Redmon and Ashley Sabin’s DO DONKEYS ACT– filmed over 5 years––subtly subverts the notion of the “dumb beast” as it captures donkeys communicating emotionally with each other in the midst of healing from human cruelty and neglect. A poetic text threads through scenes “acted” by donkeys, a rhythmic script commentary voiced by Willem Dafoe. DO DONKEYS ACT’S ethno-poetic-animal-fiction takes its playfully self-reflexive cues from Jean Rouch and Chris Marker. Encouraging us to respect a major language barrier we might not otherwise consider––the mystery and intrigue of donkey utterances––DO DONKEYS ACT invites us to "step into their shade, listen closely" as we attune to a series of dramatic performances in which we eavesdrop on donkeys speaking amongst themselves. Reclaiming the donkey from the indignity of a centuries old master slave relationship in which the dominant image of the donkey has been negative (stubborn, buffoon, jackass, laborer, trickster and fool), DO DONKEYS ACT elevates a denigrated and degraded beast to the role of lead actor and performance artist. To paraphrase Marina Abramovic, the donkey is present. Trailer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ashley, David and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their brilliant new film Do Donkeys Act, mutual appreciation, living poems, the sentience of animals, the environment and our relationship to it and why we all might need a break from humans every now and then. Biography Filmmaking duo David Redmon and Ashley Sabin together produce, direct, photograph and edit critically acclaimed cinematic documentaries that have screened internationally in festivals and on television worldwide at Sundance, Toronto, Cinema du Reel, Rotterdam, Visions du Reel, RIDM, MoMA, and Viennale Film Festivals and on PBS, POV, BBC, CBC, DR, ARTE, and NHK. Their body of work includes four recent “animal ethnography” films based in the world of donkeys and funded by the Leverhulme Trust: Sanctuary (2017), Do Donkeys Act? (2017), Choreography (2014), and Herd (2015); two dream/memory cinema poems Sentient 1 &amp; 2 (2015/2016); a 6 minute snowbound ballet mécanique, Neige (2016); a suite of U.S. post-industrialization themed films set inside three interconnected factories on the coast of Prospect Harbor, Maine: Downeast (2012), Night Labor (2013), and Kingdom of Animal (2012); a feature documentary about the labyrinthine world of teenage modeling in which a New York based scout recruits Siberian teenagers to the Tokyo model market Girl Model (2011); a film linking China and New Orleans through globalized manufacturing of cheap throwaway goods for American leisure pursuit, Mardi Gras: Made in China (2005) and two “carnivalesque” character driven films set in Louisiana Kamp Katrina (2007) and Invisible Girlfriend (2009). Lastly, set on the U.S. Mexico border, a longitudinal love story about family relationships and the meaning of “home” Intimidad (2008), which has been described as “a documentary fairytale of truly humbling proportions.”  A former Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University with a PhD in sociology from the University at Albany, State University of New York, David Redmon is now a lecturer in the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent, UK.  A Fulbright Scholarship recipient, Ashley Sabin earned a M.F.A. at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec and graduated with high honors in Art History, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Synopsis “Burned, beaten, abandoned, donkeys look back at us humans with indifference, and bray.” David Redmon and Ashley Sabin’s DO DONKEYS ACT– filmed over 5 years––subtly subverts the notion of the “dumb beast” as it captures donkeys communicating emotionally with each other in the midst of healing from human cruelty and neglect. A poetic text threads through scenes “acted” by donkeys, a rhythmic script commentary voiced by Willem Dafoe. DO DONKEYS ACT’S ethno-poetic-animal-fiction takes its playfully self-reflexive cues from Jean Rouch and Chris Marker. Encouraging us to respect a major language barrier we might not otherwise consider––the mystery and intrigue of donkey utterances––DO DONKEYS ACT invites us to "step into their shade, listen closely" as we attune to a series of dramatic performances in which we eavesdrop on donkeys speaking amongst themselves. Reclaiming the donkey from the indignity of a centuries old master slave relationship in which the dominant image of the donkey has been negative (stubborn, buffoon, jackass, laborer, trickster and fool), DO DONKEYS ACT elevates a denigrated and degraded beast to the role of lead actor and performance artist. To paraphrase Marina Abramovic, the donkey is present. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTLQhSQsfh8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trailer</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

David Redmon and Ashley Sabin - "Do Donkeys Act?"

David and Ashley together formed the documentary production company, Carnivalesque Films.  Some of David and Ashley's documentary projects include: Mardi Gras: Made in China and Intimidad, along with more recent projects, Girl Model and Downeast. Girl Model follows the modeling industry through a complex supply chain between Siberia, Japan, and the U.S., through the eyes of a 13 year old model and a model scout with a mysterious past. Downeast is set during an era of U.S. post-industrialization in which numerous factories have been exported, focusing on Antonio Bussone's efforts to open a processing factory in rural Maine.

<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1789487" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2920884" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ashley</a> together formed the documentary production company, <a href="http://carnivalesquefilms.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carnivalesque Films</a>.  Some of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1789487" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2920884" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ashley's</a> documentary projects include: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436569" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mardi Gras: Made in China</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1185365" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Intimidad</a>, along with more recent projects, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1806911" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Girl Model</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt208875" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Downeast</a>. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1806911" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Girl Model</a> follows the modeling industry through a complex supply chain between Siberia, Japan, and the U.S., through the eyes of a 13 year old model and a model scout with a mysterious past. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt208875" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Downeast</a> is set during an era of U.S. post-industrialization in which numerous factories have been exported, focusing on Antonio Bussone's efforts to open a processing factory in rural Maine.

David Redmon and Ashley Sabin - Documentary Filmmakers - Mardi Gras: Made in China, Intimidad, Girl Model, Downeast