Pervert Park

Showings

The Main 5 Tue, Apr 21, 2015 5:30 PM
The Main 4 Fri, Apr 24, 2015 5:15 PM
Film Info
Premiere Status:Minnesota Premiere
English Title:Pervert Park
Program:Documentaries
Women and Film
Tags:Documentary
Crime
Women Directors
Social Justice
Release Year:2014
Runtime:77
Type:Documentary Feature
Festivals & Awards:Special Jury Prize - Sundance Film Fetival
Country/Region:Denmark
Sweden
USA
Language:English
Print Source:The Film Sales Company
Trailer:https://vimeo.com/110888806
Cast/Crew
Director:Frida Barkfors
Lasse Barkfors
Editor:Lasse Barkfors
Signe Kaufmann
Screenwriter:Frida Barkfors
Lasse Barkfors

Description

Post-screening discussion with the Minnesota Sex Offender Re-entry Project following the April 21 screening.

In St. Petersburg, Florida there is a trailer park that 120 convicted sex offenders call home. The Florida Justice Transitions, otherwise known as “Pervert Park,” was founded by a mother of a convicted sex offender who couldn't find a place to live after his release.

Frida and Lasse Barkfors’ unflinching new film is about the people no one wants as a neighbor. It follows the every day life of the sex offenders as they struggle to reintegrate into society and gives us a chance to understand who they are and how the destructive cycle of sexual abuse can be broken.