Pahokee
| Director | Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan |
|---|---|
| Year | 2019 |
| Country | USA |
| Runtime | 1h 50m |
| Language | English |
| Format | DCP |
| TMDB | View entry |
Synopsis
Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan create a portrait of PAHOKEE, a small rural town located in the Florida Everglades, a community tightly knit together that struggles with financial insecurities and a bleak future. Through an extremely precise observational approach, the film manages to capture the daily life of the town with a great wealth of nuanced details. From sports events to school beauty contests, the filmmakers observe how, through social and collective rituals, the ideas of gender and identity are publicly displayed while creating new narratives. Moving past the crucial Wiseman lesson, which Lucas and Bresnan have fully absorbed, the film possesses the distinct feel of a Gil Scott Heron song, with its deep streak of rural blues tinged with urban echoes. A complex and multi-layered work that recalls also both the gritty social realism of the new American cinema as well as the neorealist touch. PAHOKEE is a powerful portrait of a forgotten America absent from the current political discourse.- Giona A. Nazzaro
Listed at AFS
Archived on the AFS site between Thu, Nov 14 2019 and Wed, Mar 11 2026, across 6 captures. These dates are inferred from Wayback Machine captures and may not be accurate.