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Pahokee

(Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan, 2019)

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a girl in the middle of a grassy field wearing a blue dress smiling with a arms stretched out wide

Get your tickets now for this moving and nuanced documentary following four teens through an extraordinary senior year at Pahokee High School in rural Florida—and hear more about the project online from the directors April 26 and May 2. The film streams for two weeks only!

"A documentary full of hope, life and beauty in a place mostly known for its struggles."
Remezcla

Situated in the north Everglades and not far from West Palm Beach, Pahokee is a small town known for its cane sugar fields and poor economic prospects, with some of Florida's highest rates of unemployment. The film observes Na'Kerria Nelson, Jocabed Martinez, Junior Walker, and BJ Crawford as they navigate the sometimes exciting, sometimes heartbreaking rite-of-passage rituals of senior year while making profound decisions about their futures. As they do, the pressure of Pahokee's hardships weighs on their shoulders—the community has placed all hopes for opportunity on them, the next generation. (112 mins., digital video)

Pahokee is the feature-length debut of Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan, known for a string of award-winning documentary shorts. Hear from them both on YouTube Q & A sessions scheduled for Sunday, April 26, at 6 pm EST or Saturday, May 2, at 8 pm EST.

More about the film
Review: "Sundance Doc 'Pahokee' Is an Intimate Portrait of Black & Latino High Schoolers Reaching for Greatness"

a girl in the middle of a grassy field wearing a blue dress smiling with a arms stretched out wide

Pahokee, image courtesy of Monument Releasing.

a group of football players on the field wearing Pahokee blue and read jerseys

Pahokee, image courtesy of Monument Releasing.

cheerleaders in a field wear blue uniforms and pink pompoms

Pahokee, image courtesy of Monument Releasing.

a boy riding a bike on a dirt road with industrial smoke stacks in the background

Pahokee, image courtesy of Monument Releasing.

a man kissing a baby he's holding high on its cheeks

Pahokee, image courtesy of Monument Releasing.

a boy in red and black suit and girl in black and print dress posing in front of an SUV

Pahokee, image courtesy of Monument Releasing.

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Pahokee