Film Screening and Q&A - My Florita

Name: Film Screening and Q&A - My Florita
Start: 2025-10-02T14:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-02T15:30:00-04:00
Location: Boca Raton Museum of Art

Schedule

Thu Oct 02 2025 at 02:00 pm to 03:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Boca Raton Museum of Art | Boca Raton, FL

Stories of home, heritage, and possibility. “My FlorIta” is a 2025 documentary set in South Florida that follows Italian and Italian American voices as they navigate identity, memory, and belonging. Directed by Manuela Filomena and produced by Volpe Media Intl. LLC, the film blends interview, oral history, and poetic staging into a mosaic of distinct chapters, including a narrative thread told from the perspective of a young Italian American man reflecting on his family’s journey. The result feels intimate and contemporary, with episodes that read like tesserae in a larger portrait of community.

Schedule
1:00 pm: Tour of “Parma Portraits” (limited to 30; first come, first served. Please sign up at the front desk).
2:00 pm: Screening of “My FlorIta.”
3:00 pm: Q&A for “My FlorIta” with Teresa Russo, Academic Programs Manager.

Raffle: “Movie Magic” Cruise
Enter for a chance to win a one-hour scenic ride in a 1966 convertible Ford Mustang “Sally” with the film’s producer and director. The route starts and ends at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, travels through Mizner Park, heads east along Palmetto Park Road to the Atlantic Ocean, continues north on A1A to Red Reef Park for a photo stop, includes a gelato stop at Sloan’s, and returns along the coast to the Museum. One winner will be drawn; raffle tickets available on site or at: https://bocamuseum.org/visit/events/film-screening-my-florita