How A New Orleans Collective Made The Summer’s Critical Smash, “Beasts Of The Southern Wild”
By: Lizzy Goodman
Beasts of the Southern Wild came from nowhere to win the top prizes at Sundance and Cannes. Well, not quite from nowhere. Here, the film’s director Benh Zeitlin discusses the origins of the filmmaking collective Court 13 in an abandoned squash court, the truly wild origins of the film, and why they paint the back of the chair even if the camera doesn’t see it.

















