About

VISION

Red Island Video Club ethos is People. Selling something, whether it is a product, a service, or an idea is about the human touch. We strive to tell stories about people so we can best sell your vision.

From Madagascar to South Dakota and beyond...

Red Island Video Club is a one-stop shop for creative, cinematic storytelling. It was founded in the Great Plains on South Dakota, but the name itself has more remote origins. The Red Island Video Club was a ragged foot locker that Lutheran missionaries on the island of Madagascar used to store a collection of VHS movies. The foot locker was passed every few months or so, from family to family, oftentimes enduring bone-rocking car rides over hundreds of miles of potholed roads. The VHS movies included in this trove were E.T., Gremlins, Rocky, Goonies, etc. The foot locker brought American pop culture to a remote corner of the world. And it's where Andrew, our company founder, found his love for telling cinematic stories.

This globally-minded origin story has given Red Island Video Club a unique lens onto the world. We specialize in capturing people with honesty, often in naturalistic settings, like a sprawling ranch or a sunset-kissed park. People want to see themselves in an ad. That's what gets them to buy.

Born and raised in Madagascar (4th largest island in the world for those counting), Andrew Boodhoo Kightlinger is an award-winning filmmaker and photographer. His work often highlights the connection between humanity and nature, as well as elemental topics such as healing, grief, and empathy. He is currently slated to direct his first studio feature in 2022 for Balboa Productions. Previously, he's directed the indie feature Tater Tot & Patton, the wicked break-up short Destroyer, and the human trafficking short Paper People. His films have played at festivals worldwide, most notably the Palm Springs International ShortFest. He's also a recent recipient of the Slamdance Film Festival Grand Prize for Screenwriting. When he's not focusing on narrative work, Kightlinger is busy carving away at his life-long passion project: a bombastic movie musical about French surrealist Boris Vian.
Born and raised in South Korea, Dohui Kim is (pronounced Doe-He) a collaborator. She is driven to work with various artists and passionate with projects. Her passion is turning ideas into tangible products.