Filmmaker Tara Calligan, right, and editor Rendy Ramos won Florida Film of the Year for their 9-minute short documentary The Face of Immokalee: Public Art for Social Change at Naples International Film Festival on Oct. 29, featuring the small-town and the billboard-size black and white photography by Michelle Tricca. Photo by Kelly J. Farrell
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‘The Face of Immokalee’ wins best Florida film at Naples festival
His head playfully tilted despite the obstacles surrounding him, a boy’s portrait is seen by passersby in his hometown of Immokalee—and now, that portrait has made it to the international film scene. The blackand- white photograph is one of 255 portraits of Immokalee residents featured in “The Face of Immokalee,” a photo installation featured in a documentary film that won Florida Film of the Year at the Naples International Film Festival on Oct. 29.
