Birds of Passage, a viscerally stunning epic on the origins of the Colombian narcotics trade, by Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra, won the top Grand Jury prize of the 2019 Miami Film Festival.
Pahokee (2019)
Pahokee (2019)
NAME OF FILM: PAHOKEE (2019)
DIRECTOR(S): Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan
GENRE: Documentary Film
SYNOPSIS: In their striking feature film debut, HIFF alums Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan immerse themselves in the rural town of Pahokee—a small, close-knit community nestled within the Florida Everglades—to observe four high-school students about to embark on their senior year. Finding themselves on the precipice of adulthood in a community where older generations have placed all of their hopes for opportunity on the youth, these students navigate the often celebratory, sometimes bittersweet rites-ofpassage that accompany this hopeful and uncertain time of transition. Imbued with warmth and intimacy, PAHOKEE is a remarkable piece of verité filmmaking that captures both the joy and heartbreak of the teenage experience.
