A small film that peers intimately into the inner lives of those living in the shadow of the Magic Kingdom, THE FLORIDA PROJECT (2017) was recognized in the year of its release with a 2017 AFI AWARD, naming it among the most outstanding achievements of the year. According to the official rationale, “THE FLORIDA PROJECT knocks on the door of those living in the shadow of ‘happily ever after.’ Sean Baker’s roving lens not only invites us in, but celebrates the hyper-colorful humanity between the high-stakes struggles of adults and the untethered innocence of childhood. Brooklynn Prince channels Hal Roach’s Little Rascals in a performance for the ages, and Willem Dafoe demands to be heard as the beleaguered motel manager whose purple palace stands as a monument to dreams deferred and an America ignored.”
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