when a film is just warm and tender and looks beautiful and you don’t really have any jokes for this space

this movie is seemingly about nothing. it loosely follows four different high schoolers of color in one of the poorest parts of florida. 
the filmmakers remain observational and don't delve into some bigger issues like the football teams misfortunes, and it can seem mundane and ordinary but the collective experiences contribute to a beautiful portrait of community and the humanity within.

The most interesting things in film right now are happening in indie documentaries and this movie is a great example.

community driven films like pahokee are literally carrying the entire indie doc genre on their BACK. so many communities and students of color around the state are represented so wholeheartedly in this film. 

pure, unfiltered stories like this are what make filmmaking so important.

SUNDANCE 2019 #9

Charming

Wow wow wow wow WOW

community driven films like pahokee are literally carrying the entire indie doc genre on their BACK. so many communities and students of color around the state are represented so wholeheartedly in this film. 

pure, unfiltered stories like this are what make filmmaking so important.

So much wasted potential...

this movie is seemingly about nothing. it loosely follows four different high schoolers of color in one of the poorest parts of florida. 
the filmmakers remain observational and don't delve into some bigger issues like the football teams misfortunes, and it can seem mundane and ordinary but the collective experiences contribute to a beautiful portrait of community and the humanity within.

when a film is just warm and tender and looks beautiful and you don’t really have any jokes for this space

Wow wow wow wow WOW

saw at sxsw19
sometimes the pacing was off imo but all in all this rly did it for me. documentaries like this where people who are in no way tied to their subjects go and make a movie about a community have the potential to be really voyeuristic but i think pahokee did a fantastic job of letting this community of low income families of color speak to their own experiences (which some of the kids attested to during the q&a)! also my heart is fully warmed by anything that gives tweens and teens the spotlight in this way and argues that their narratives are important to listen to. well done

SXSW 2019 Film #19

A little let down with this one. The fact that it has no voiceovers or interviews is both something that makes it stand out and its downfall. What could make for interesting fly on the wall material instead makes the film feel a little aimless without a clear direction. Love the time we spend with the kids, but not sure that there's nearly enough focus on the individual stories.

Simply marvelous doc filmmaking. So many scenes will linger with me.

My favorite so far. Through seemingly just typical high schoolers doing typical high school things. But that’s the point. Humanizing one of the poorest cities in Florida without going into poverty porn. I loved it.