Nuyorican dream / Big Mouth Productions in association with John Leguizamo and Jellybean Benitez ; a documentary by Laurie Collyer.

Follows five years in the life of a New York Puerto Rican family struggling against poverty, drug addiction and incarceration, capturing the emotional immediacy of a family in a free-fall without a social safety net. It also celebrates elements of community life -- solidarity, sharing of resources,...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Big Mouth Productions
California Newsreel (Firm)
Other Authors: Collyer, Laurie
Pimsleur Levine, Julia
Chevigny, Katy
Leguizamo, John
Jellybean (Musician)
Language:English
Spanish
Language and/or Writing System:
English; some Spanish dialogue with English subtitles.
Subjects:
Puerto Ricans > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions.
Puerto Rican women > New York (State) > New York.
Puerto Rican families > New York (State) > New York.
Poor > New York (State) > New York.
Slums > New York (State) > New York.
Inner cities > New York (State) > New York.
New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions.
Inner cities.
Poor.
Puerto Rican families.
Puerto Rican women.
Puerto Ricans > Social conditions.
Slums.
Social conditions.
New York (State) > New York.
Nonfiction films.
Documentary films.
Genre:
Nonfiction films.
Documentary films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Follows five years in the life of a New York Puerto Rican family struggling against poverty, drug addiction and incarceration, capturing the emotional immediacy of a family in a free-fall without a social safety net. It also celebrates elements of community life -- solidarity, sharing of resources, cultural citizenship -- which make day-to-day survival possible giving testimony to the central role played by Puerto Rican women in maintaining family and cultural ties.
Note:Digitized for preservation purposes from VHS version published by California Newsreel in 2000.
Videorecording.
Call Number:E184.P85 N8 2000a VideoDVD
Credits:Producers, Laurie Collyer, Julia Pimsleur, Katy Chevigny ; director, Laurie Collyer.
System Details:Burned DVD (DVD-R), all regions, NTSC format.