90 mins |
Rated
PG-13
Directed by Patricia Cardoso
Starring America Ferrera, George Lopez, Ingrid Oliu, Lupe Ontiveros
America Ferrera shines in a star-making performance as Ana, a Mexican-American teenager who's struggling to break free from her mother's old-world expectations, in this coming-of-age drama set in East Los Angeles. Ana wants to attend college so she can better herself, but she's needed in her sister's sewing sweatshop, where women labor to make dresses that are then sold for many times what the shop is paid to make them.
Cast
America Ferrera, Lupe Ontiveros, George Lopez, Sandie Torres, Ingrid Oliu, Soledad St. Hilaire, Brian Sites
Director
Patricia Cardoso
Genres
November Film Class with Ian McIver
Women Caught in the Cultural Crossfire
Tickets $10 at door only
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America Ferrera shines in a star-making performance as Ana, a Mexican-American teenager who's struggling to break free from her mother's old-world expectations, in this coming-of-age drama set in East Los Angeles. Ana wants to attend college so she can better herself, but she's needed in her sister's sewing sweatshop, where women labor to make dresses that are then sold for many times what the shop is paid to make them.
Cast
America Ferrera, Lupe Ontiveros, George Lopez, Sandie Torres, Ingrid Oliu, Soledad St. Hilaire, Brian Sites
Director
Patricia Cardoso
Genres
November Film Class with Ian McIver
Women Caught in the Cultural Crossfire
Tickets $10 at door only