Shot in East Los Angeles, California, this film explore the harsh realities experienced by many Hispanics in this mostly Latino neighborhood of the United States. The film directed and co-written by Jackie Torres has reached important international platforms like Netflix, Cine Latino and worldwide distribution through Laguna Films.
This film dared to be bilingual (English-Spanish) when that was unheard of in Hollywood. Since the director, Jackie Torres, knew firsthand Latino families communicate in English and Spanish at home, she wanted to keep it that way. The film, therefore, has a reality to it almost impossible to achieve by bigger budgets movies. The movie became an instant independent success that helped launch a distribution company.