As experienced by 9 year old Angelita, the film portrays the hardship of migration endured by her family’s move from a small town in Puerto Rico to New York City’s Lower East Side.
Cast

Mariem Pérez Riera
Angelita
Delia Esther Quiñones
Doña Ángela
Ángel D. Soto
Chuito

Idalia Pérez Garay
Fortuna
Pedro Juan Texidor
Manolo
Rosalba Rolón
Fela

Roberto Rivera Negrón
Don Curro
Carlos Pérez Riera
Unknown
Bimbo Rivas
Goyin

Geisha Otero
Rosa
Malik Mandes
Littleman
Sandra Rodríguez
Linda
Angie González
Unknown
Nena Rivera
Unknown
Crew
Jane Morrison
Director, Writer, Producer
Rose Rosenblatt
Writer
José Torres Santiago
Writer
Wendy Kesselman
Novel
Suzanne Fenn
Editor

Affonso Beato
Director of Photography
Michael Waxman
Assistant Director
Lianne Halfon
Associate Producer, Production Manager
Randy Barcelo
Production Design

Pamela Yates
Sound
Dom Salvador
Music
Tato Laviera
Additional Writing
José García
Additional Writing
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