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“Building on the textures of an affluent <\/span>Creole family in Louisiana bayou country,I set out to recreate the Kennedys\u2019 Camelot”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_gallery _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” posts_number=”10″ gallery_ids=”159,157,156,154,155,189,190,158″ hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ show_title_and_caption=”off” orientation=”portrait” min_height=”675px” height=”706px” max_height=”720px” custom_padding=”||7px|||”][\/et_pb_gallery][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”About” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”gcid-695690f7-1400-435d-ab5d-81e5d8a43692″ collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{%22gcid-695690f7-1400-435d-ab5d-81e5d8a43692%22:%91%22background_color%22%93}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding=”||0px|||”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/karynwagner.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/eves-bayou-poster.jpg” title_text=”eves bayou poster” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ border_radii=”off|500px|500px||” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″ custom_padding=”98px|72px|6px|||” custom_margin=”||-18px|||” min_height=”570.6px”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”8%||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”0%||||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”About Eve’s Bayou” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”b96af3fe-ed62-4ad7-9cda-d7f3c77b6b0e” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”1abc36de-871c-4d9a-9f2f-3494bddf01ec” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Eve’s Bayou<\/b><\/i> is a 1997 American <\/span>Southern Gothic<\/a> <\/span>horror<\/a> <\/span>drama film<\/a>written and directed by <\/span>Kasi Lemmons<\/a> in her feature <\/span>directorial debut<\/a>. <\/span>Samuel L. 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