“THE CANAL STREET MADAM looks to be incredible — multi-layered, important, funny, and powerful. A portrait of Jeanette Maier, a New Orleans-based prostitution madam who was arrested for running a brothel (at which her mother organized the books and her daughter worked as a prostitute), the film uses humor and raw honesty to illustrate issues like feminism, sex workers’ empowerment, gender politics, while being a humanistic and complex family story...” 


Growing With Full Frame  IndiePix Blog, Danielle DiGiacomo


Some Southerners are Awesome  The Brooklyn Socialite, Robyn Hillman-Harrigan

“...showed great promise and (is) sure to make the festival rounds once completed.” For the Love of Non-Fiction Film: Full Frame Fetes Documentary in a Full Four Days indieWIRE, Basil Tsiokos http://www.indiewire.com/article/_for_the_love_of_non-fiction_film_full_frame_fetes_documentary_in_a_full_fo/P1/http://www.indiewire.com/article/_for_the_love_of_non-fiction_film_full_frame_fetes_documentary_in_a_full_fo/P1/http://www.indiewire.com/article/_for_the_love_of_non-fiction_film_full_frame_fetes_documentary_in_a_full_fo/P1/shapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1

“Documentary filmmaker Cameron Yates looks at the colorful career of New Orleans madam Jeanette Maier, who after being arrested in the fall of 2001 in an FBI sting for running a brothel has become a quasi-celebrity in the Crescent City since her release.”


In Production: From a Madam to the Criminal Underworld, iW Profiles 5 Films Coming Soon indieWIRE, Jason Guerrasio

12 PICS CELEBRATING FULL FRAME’S 12TH YEAR Stranger than Fiction, Thom Powershttp://stfdocs.com/blog/comments/12_pics_celebrating_full_frames_12th_year/http://stfdocs.com/blog/comments/12_pics_celebrating_full_frames_12th_year/shapeimage_2_link_0

L to R: Ian Olds, Thom Powers, Elinyisia Mosha, Rachael Rakes, Cameron Yates

L to R: Peter Gilbert, Mosha, Barbara Kopple, Powers, Yates, and Olds

Press

“While still in production, the few clips of it that have been shared are incredibly strong, exploring issues of gender, power justice and a whole lot more.” Got Docs? The Canal Street Madam GRIT TV with Laura Flanders http://lauraflanders.firedoglake.com/2009/04/03/got-docs-the-canal-street-madam/http://lauraflanders.firedoglake.com/2009/04/03/got-docs-the-canal-street-madam/shapeimage_3_link_0