Young illustrator Carlos Ramirez is burning to escape the Latino neighbourhood of Washington Heights and make a splash in New York City's commercial downtown comic book scene. But 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, coming 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.
Director
Alfredo de Villa
Screenplay
Nat Moss, Alfredo de Villa, Junot Díaz
Photography
Claudio Chea
Edition
Tom Donahue, John Coniglio
Music
Leigh Roberts
Cast
Tomas Milian, Manny Perez, Danny Hoch, Andrea Navedo, Bobby Cannavale
Sales
Gotham Sales 799 Washington St. #201 New York, NY 10014 Tel.: 1 212 897 3979 Fax
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