America

Running time: 95 mins

Lymari Nadal (American Gangster), Yancey Arias (Kingpin), Tony Plana (Ugly Betty), James Callis (Battlestar Galactica), and Oscar-nominated Edward James Olmos (Stand and Deliver, Battlestar Galactica) make for a superb cast in a powerful story of a courageous woman starting life anew.

While the setting of her Puerto Rican beach town may seem idyllic, America?s life is anything but peaceful. When their daughter runs away, America?s abusive husband goes ballistic against her. Retaliating in a way in which there is no turning back, America ventures to New York City, dreaming of a new life. Working in a wealthy suburb as a nanny and in a laundry in the Bronx, America makes new friends, reunites with relatives and is determined to bring her daughter back to her. But the terror of her past haunts her, no matter how much she tries to avoid it.

Lymari Nadal is translucent as she brilliantly captures the fear and hope of a woman courageously confronting her past as she struggles with a new beginning.

- Sandy Wolf

Film sponsored by Telemuno and the Castellano Family Foundation.