East of Hope Street is a 1998 award-winning film drama directed and produced by Nate Thomas.

East of Hope Street had a limited release in theaters beginning on November 5, 1999 by The Cinema Guild.

The gritty, urban, fact-based story is loosely based on director Nate Thomas's 10 years of experience working as a counselor in a group home for pregnant teens in Los Angeles.

East of Hope Street tells the real-life coming of age story of Alicia Montalvo, a teenage Salvadoran refugee caught up in the labyrinthine Los Angeles child protection system.

Alicia struggles to survive the abuses of home, the inner city, and an overburdened social system in a Los Angeles most people never see.