Pervert Park Explained

Pervert Park
Director:	Lasse and Frida Barkfors
Producer:	Anne Köhncke^[1]
Runtime:	75 minutes
Country:	Denmark Sweden
Language:	English

Pervert Park is a 2014 documentary film directed by Swedish-Danish filmmaking couple Frida and Lasse Barkfors. The film's focus is Palace Mobile Park in St. Petersburg, Florida, nicknamed "Pervert Park", which houses over 100 convicted sex offenders. The film premiered at Copenhagen International Documentary Festival. It won the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Impact at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.^[2] It had a television premiere as an episode of POV on July 11, 2016.

Production

The Barkfors read an article about Florida Justice Transitions in a Danish newspaper which provoked their interest in the park, which they got the impression was "a society of its own". They visited the park for the first time in 2010 and found it to be very different from their expectations.^[3] The film took four years to make.^[4]

See also

• Miracle Village (community)
• Florida Civil Commitment Center

Further reading

• News: Documentary Explores Lives and Challenges of Florida Sex Offenders. Shafaq. Hasan. July 12, 2016. January 23, 2018. Nonprofit Quarterly. The community’s support for one another may have a greater chance of reducing recidivism than other methods of tackling sexual misconduct and assault..
• Web site: Inside the Florida Trailer Park for Convicted Sex Offenders. A new film shines light on one of the few places in America intended for sex criminals.. Allie. Conti. May 19, 2016. February 1, 2018. Vice.

External links

• Pervert Park on the Internet Movie Database
• Producer Anne Köhncke on the Internet Movie Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Anne Köhncke.
2. News: Sundance Film Festival Announces 2015 Award Winners. Staff. February 1, 2015. The Wall Street Journal. February 4, 2015. News Corp.
3. Web site: Five Questions with Pervert Park Directors Frida and Lasse Barkfors. Salovaara. Sarah. January 23, 2015. Filmmaker. Independent Filmmaker Project. February 4, 2015.
4. Web site: Sundance Women Directors: Meet Friday Barkfors - 'Pervert Park'. Kang. Inkoo. January 21, 2015. IndieWire. Penske Media Corporation. https://web.archive.org/web/20150204055603/http://blogs.indiewire.com/womenandhollywood/sundance-women-directors-meet-friday-barkfors-pervert-park-20150121. February 4, 2015. February 4, 2015.