The Covey Film Festival will spotlight “The Florida Wildlife Corridor” on Friday at 7 p.m. at the Thomasville Center for the Arts.

This documentary aims to protect and restore connected landscapes throughout Florida to create a viable corridor from the Everglades to Georgia. It documents the 1,000 mile expedition over 100 days of Mallory Dimmitt, conservationist and expedition leader, and her team of explorers — including photographer Carlton Ward Jr., cinematographer Elam Stoltzfus and bear biologist Joe Guthrie through photography, video streams and radio reports.

Filmed in 2012, the documentary was first released in March 2013, aired on PBS Florida in April and nationally on PBS in June.

Dimmitt said the goal of the documentary is to “keep Florida wild” and to build awareness of the corridor. Her team is attempting to connect, protect and restore corridors of conserved lands and waters essential for the survival of Florida’s diverse wildlife; restore and protect springs and rivers; sustain food production, economies and culture surrounding Gulf seafood harvests; and, restore longleaf pine forests while conserving farms, working lands and the communities they support.

She said that Thomasville and the Covey Film Festival is a new audience for the film. “We want to spark enthusiasm for this project and to draw attention to the next phase starting in January.”

“On January 10, 2015, we begin a new 1000-mile leg of our Expedition, to highlight a wildlife corridor from Central Florida to the Gulf Coast, through the Big Bend, and across the Panhandle all the way to Alabama, where our trek will conclude,” she said.