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LOCAL FILMMAKER KEVIN CONTENTO SPOTLIGHTS PAHOKEE

South Florida native Kevin Contento is drawing rave reviews for several of his latest projects, all of which shine a positive light on the people of Palm Beach County’s western communities. His latest project, From Fish to Moon, which premiered at the 2023 Berlinale’s shorts program, chronicles the early morning hours at Thriftway, a convenience store in Pahokee. It is now available to stream.

After finishing graduate school at Columbia University, Contento wrote the script for The Conference of the Birds, which also takes place in Pahokee, and cast a group of local kids he’d met in town — all of them first-time actors. Contento recently spoke with Filmmaker Magazine about his projects.

Contento’s next film, a feature documentary entitled The Moths and the Flame, also centers around life in Pahokee.