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Presented by Bread Garden Market, Little Village, and FilmScene

DIALOGUE: Filmmaker Patrick Bresnan in person!

Vino Vérité returns in July with a revealing look at a Florida naturist resort from two filmmakers devoted to pure observational filmmaking, giving new meaning to our pursuit of the naked truth.

The Vino Vérité series features talented new voices and established filmmakers influenced by the vérité tradition in person to present their thought-provoking, chance-taking, and visually-arresting films. Each selection is paired with hand-selected wines from Bread Garden Market.

Tickets: $20 public / $15 members / $10 students. Includes wine tasting & hors d'oeuvres, film, Q&A and filmmaker reception with dessert.

6:30 - Hors d'oeuvres & wine tasting
7:00 - Screening
8:30 - Q&A + Reception with filmmakers, wine and dessert

"A fascinating look at a niche community with nothing to hide. Be who you area nd embrace the joy." - Hammer to Nail
"What filmmakers Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan catch on camera is undoubtedly intriguing." — Reel News
"A far more revealing film than mere nudity would allow." — Moveable Fest

ABOUT NAKED GARDENS

With incredible intimacy, Naked Gardens immersess audiences in the complex, unseen world of a family nudist resort in the Florida Everglades. As aging owner Morley and his residents prepare for the largest gathering of nudists in the US, the Mid-Winter Naturist Festival, we meet the varied individuals drawn to this non-conformist community for reasons philosophical and economic. Dappled in sunlight, this low-rent community set amidst an Edenesque tropical garden is a fitting locale for one to bare both body and soul.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

Filmmakers Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan (Pahokee) are known for their verité stories that reimagine ways of seeing America, and its people. Embedding themselves within communities typically outside of the media eye, they capture the relational foundations upon which individual lives are built, alongside the historical and economic currents that shape the most intimate aspects of American existence. Their short films have premiered at Cannes, Berlin, Sundance and Locarno. In Naked Gardens, the filmmaking duo creates a portrait of the rebellious retirees, LGBTQ loners, exiles from conservative America and families with young children, all of whom have decided to make this nudist resort their home.

Tribeca Film Festival (2022) — World Premiere