Released Date:
2002-05-09
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
89 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
5.5 (341 Reviews)
Director:
Alfredo Rodriguez de VillaNat Moss
Alfredo Rodriguez de Villa
Junot Diaz (additional dialogue)
Manny Perez (story)
"Washington Heights" tells the story of Carlos Ramirez, a young illustrator burning to escape the Latino neighborhood of the same name to make a splash in New York City's commercial downtown comic book scene. When his father, who owns a bodega in the Heights, is shot in a burglary attempt, Carlos is forced to put his dream on hold and run the store. In the process, he comes to understand that if he is to make it as a comic artist, he must engage with the community he comes from, take that experience back out into the world, and put it in his work.
Released Date:
2007-11-30
Languages:
English, Spanish
Countries:
USA, Mexico
Runtime:
91 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (9324 Reviews)
Director:
Alejandro MonteverdeAlejandro Monteverde
Patrick Million
Leo Severino
An international soccer star is on his way to sign a multimillion-dollar contract when a series of events unfold that bring his career to an abrupt end. A beautiful waitress, struggling to make it in New York City, discovers something about herself that she's unprepared for. In one irreversible moment, their lives are turned upside down... until a simple gesture of kindness brings them both together, turning an ordinary day to an unforgettable experience.
Released Date:
2007-08-24
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
108 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
5.5 (2118 Reviews)
Director:
Franc. ReyesAfter the gangsters who killed his father come to settle a score, a teenage boy and his mother turn the tables on the killers - one Latino family's quest for honor and revenge as the hunted become the hunters. Wilson DeLeon, Jr. is an exceptional college student with an adoring girlfriend, doting mother and a future full of promise. He has never wanted for anything, and he has never been forced to stand his ground. But when ghosts from his mother's past come back to haunt his present, he must defend his family ... and quickly turn into the strong man his father prayed he'd become. Nothing could stop Wilson's mother, Millie, from protecting her two boys. Forced to flee her home after gangsters killed her husband, she made an oath to give her children only the best. But all that changes when an enemy from the past catches up with them. It's finally time to take action - and now, they're done running. Weapons at the ready, Wilson, Jr. and Millie prepare for a final showdown with the murderer who robbed him of a father and her of a husband. Now, in a battle fueled by family ties and blood feuds, it will become very clear what happens when anyone tries to come between this son and his mother.
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