Cameron Yates Film Maker and Film Programmer Visits Visual Arts Classes

Cameron Yates, a documentary filmmaker and film programmer spent the better part of Wednesday sharing his work with students in the Visual Arts Program.  He is the former World Cinema and Documentary Programmer for the Hamptons International Film Festival and has worked for the Sundance Film Festival, the New York Film Festival, and NewFest: The NY LGBT Film Festival. Cameron’s first film "14 and Payrolled", a half-hour portrait of four teenagers working as pages for the Virginia House of Delegates, premiered on PBS in 2003.  In 2009 he was awarded the Garrett Scott Documentary Grant, given to emerging filmmakers who bring a unique vision to the content and style of contemporary documentary production.  His first feature documentary "The Canal Street Madam," the story of a New Orleans madam who ran a brothel with her mother and daughter until she was busted by the FBI, premiered at the 2010 SXSW Film Festival and is currently on the international film festival circuit.