Kim's Video

KIM'S VIDEO tells the incredible story of how 55,000 cult films from the world's most famous video store ended up in Sicily in a wildly entertaining detective film.

The most legendary video store on the planet was called Kim's Video and was located in downtown New York. When the store closed, its enigmatic owner, Yongman Kim, announced that he was ready to donate his over 55,000 rare videotapes to a new owner as long as the collection remained intact. The collection was sent to a Sicilian village full of major characters led by a mayor who would do anything to get some attention, such as opening a Kim's video museum! But when the video collection was sent to Sicily, no more was heard of them. Director David Redmon goes on a journalistic road trip to Sicily to track down the mythological video collection – and plan a heist to save it.

Director

David Redmon is a documentarian who explores storytelling at the gap he locates between fiction and non-fiction. David and his partner Ashley Sabin created Carnivalesque Films, which is based in Maine, has produced, directed, edited and filmed productions that have been screened at Sundance, SXSW, Toronto, Visions du Réel, Vienna, Tribeca, the Museum of Modern Art, Hot Docs, Human Rights Watch and have been shown on PBS, the BBC and other U.S. and international entities.

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