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East of Hope Street
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Maverick Urban |
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| Pre-Order Date: |
08/27/2004 |
| Street Date: |
09/21/2004
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| S.R.P.: |
$14.98 |
| Director: |
Nate Thomas |
| Stars: |
Jade Herrera, Roxanne Coyne, Asanio Lara, Greer Bohanon, Magda Rivera, Tim Russ |
| Runtime: |
88 mins |
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Wide Screen |
| Parental Warning: |
Strong Language, Drug use, Adult Situations, Brief Nudity |
| Country: |
USA |
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| DVD Features: |
| Spanish Subtitles, 5.1 Surround, Interactive
Menu, Scene Selections |
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A gritty, urban, real-life story of a teenage latina
who comes of age while struggling to su vive the abuses of home, the
inner city, and an overburdened social system in a Los Angeles most of us
never see 15-year-old Alicia Montalvo (Herrera) escapes the civil
violence in her native El Salvador to live in Los Angeles with her younger
brother and crack-addict aunt. It is only the beginning of Alicia's
Job-like journey.
Her trials are compounded when the
illegal sweatshop in which she works is raided. Escaping the INS raid, she is
beaten by her junkie aunt when she comes home without
cash.
At school, her bruises are noticed and child welfare authorities
eventually step in to place her in a foster home, separating Alicia and
her brother. At the foster home she is led astray by the family's other
foster daughter and falls victim to a sexual
predator.
Police, pregnancy, the group home for pregnant teens, the house bully,
rape and a shooting … It's more bad stuff than one human being should
have to bear. The story is a testament to the human spirit.
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| UPC Codes: |
| Catalog# |
DVD: MAV-5094 |
| UPC# |
DVD: 824355509427 |
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| Selling Points: |
East of Hope Street won a whole series of awards:
- Best Feature Film (New Orleans Urban Film Festival 1998)
- Best Actor Award for Jade Herrera (New Orleans Urban Film Festival
1998)
- Best Urban Drama (New York Int'l Independent Film
Festival 1998)
- 1st Place Cross Cultural (Black Filmmakers
Hall of Fame Festival 1998)
- Jury Award at the Hollywood
Black Film Festival '99
- and Official Selection at Los
Angeles Latino Int'l Film Festival 1998,San Diego World Film Festival 1998,
Maine Int'l Film Festival 1998 and Temecula Valley Int'l Film
Festival 1998)
- The film has been nominated by the Political Film
Society for an award as the best film exposé of 1999 and the best film
promoting consciousness of the need for greater
democracy
Tim Russ appeared in Spaceballs (1987), Death Wish IV: The
Crackdown (1987), "Star Trek Generations (1994) as "Enterprise-B
Lieutenant"; TV Series The Highwayman (Mar.-May 1988) and Star Trek Voyager
(1995- 2001) |
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