Camille Brown Talks About Her Thriller Film, The Nth Ward

UCLA alum, Writer, Director Camille Brown

Writer / Director / Producer Camille Brown whose first narrative feature, The Nth Ward was released exclusively via Amazon on Tuesday, August 29, 2017, the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, spoke with Black TV Film Crew about writing a thriller that tells the story of an engineer with the US Army Corps who is sent to New Orleans to assess the damage years after the hurricane. Fresh off of being a semi-finalist for this year’s HBO’s Directing Fellowship, Camille has a lot to say.

The Nth Ward

The Nth Ward is a chilling suspense thriller about a woman haunted by the childhood disappearance of her parents. Madison, now an engineer with the US Army Corps, and Kitch, a local contractor, are two conflicting personalities paired in a government program to assess the ongoing devastation of the Ninth Ward from the hurricane that savaged New Orleans a decade before. Efforts to rebuild have been thwarted. Bizarre happenings and disappearances lead them to believe that some darker force is at work. When she seeks out the mysterious woman whose house stood unscathed in the eye of the storm, Madison’s own personal mystery engulfs her. Her relentless pursuit of truth threatens Kitch’s dearest aspiration and their very lives and livelihoods. Madison must look beyond the natural, the scientific. Is it witchcraft or a clandestine government plan?

What inspired you to write the Nth Ward?

I was inspired to make this film after seeing how the 9th Ward in New Orleans still had not been rebuilt after all these years. I have family and friends who are from New Orleans and were there doing Hurricane Katrina. They told me what happened during Katrina and they have not gone back.

Many artists focus on one genre, but you’ve written a quirky romantic comedy, a documentary and now a thriller. What inspires your creativity?

I love all forms of expression. I love films. I love telling stories and I don’t want to limit the kind of stories I tell.

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