Directed by:
Rashaad Ernesto GreenCinematography:
Daniel PattersonComposer:
Stefan SwansonCast:
Esai Morales, Judy Reyes, Miriam Colon, Robin de Jesus, Vincent Laresca, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Franky G, Harmony Santana, Ty Jones, Tyrone Brown (more)Plots(1)
Enrique is coming home to his family in the Bronx after three years spent in prison. In this tough environment, always just an inch away from crime, he is dealing with the newly acquired freedom of life on parole, an estranged wife, and most of all with the news of his son, the teenage Michael, going through the transformation of his gender identity into a girl. The festival hit is an outright and sensitive drama that follows the paths of the father, embedded in his macho view of the world that is supported by his surroundings, and of the transgender boy/girl, who is trying to find her way in that world as Vanessa. Harmony Santana, starring as Michael/Vanessa is making her debut as a transgender actress. (Mezipatra Queer Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Esai Morales
USA
Best movies:
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
La Bamba (1987)
Bad Boys (1983)
Judy Reyes
USA
Best movies:
King of the Jungle (1999)
Gun Hill Road (2011)
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
Miriam Colon
Puerto Rico
Best movies:
Scarface (1983)
The House of the Spirits (1993)
Goal! (2005)
Robin de Jesus
USA
Best movies:
tick, tick...BOOM! (2021)
Gun Hill Road (2011)
The Boys in the Band (2020)
Vincent Laresca
USA
Best movies:
The Night Of (2016) (series)
K-PAX (2001)
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Goodfellas (1990)
Detachment (2011)
25th Hour (2002)
Franky G
USA
Best movies:
The Italian Job (2003)
Dead Man Down (2013)
Gun Hill Road (2011)
Harmony Santana
Best movies:
Gun Hill Road (2011)
Eating Out: The Open Weekend (2011)
Ty Jones
Best movies:
When They See Us (2019) (series)
Redacted (2007)
Gun Hill Road (2011)
Tyrone Brown
Best movies:
Beware the Gonzo (2010)
Gun Hill Road (2011)
Baked in Brooklyn (2016)
Tashiana Washington
Best movies:
Gun Hill Road (2011)
Shaft (2019)
Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
Felix Solis
USA
Best movies:
End of the Spear (2005)
Gun Hill Road (2011)
Taking Chance (2009) (TV movie)
Jeff Lima
Best movies:
Half Nelson (2006)
Gun Hill Road (2011)
Cop Out (2010)
Vanessa Aspillaga
USA
Best movies:
Gun Hill Road (2011)
Love and Other Drugs (2010)
Leave the World Behind (2023)
Robert Prescott
USA
Best movies:
Michael Clayton (2007)
Spaceballs (1987)
Burn After Reading (2008)
Emiliano Styles
Best movies:
Gun Hill Road (2011)
Shirley Rumierk
Best movies:
Game Change (2012) (TV movie)
Collateral Beauty (2016)
Gun Hill Road (2011)
Zora Howard
Best movies:
Gun Hill Road (2011)
Adel L. Morales
Best movies:
Gun Hill Road (2011)
Satan's Little Helper (2004)
Caridad 'La Bruja' De La Luz
Best movies:
Gun Hill Road (2011)
Bamboozled (2000)
Down to the Bone (2004)