For Disney the “Florida project” was the utopian dream that blossomed into the money-spinning Walt Disney World. Yet the fairytale is still very much alive for the kids at the centre of this thrillingly vibrant film, which Baker tellingly calls “a modern-day Our Gang” – a reference to Hal Roach’s classic Depression-era kids’ comedies. As Kool and the Gang’s anthemic song Celebration reminds us at the outset, there are good times amid these hard times. Play Video 2:13 Watch the trailer for The Florida Project – videoTangerine, Baker’s micro-budget break-out hit about a transgender sex worker, was shot exclusively on iPhone. This is Moonee’s world, and for a couple of hours at least, we are privileged to live in it.

Source: The Guardian November 12, 2017 09:00 UTC