Shot entirely using a portable digital camcorder and edited on a home computer, Red Cockroaches is an example of DIY cinema.

In its review, Variety called it a "A triumph of technology in the hands of a visionary with know-how..." It is the first of a trilogy which continues with Blue Heart (film).

A young man meets a mysterious girl in the subway and gets romantically involved with her, only to later discover that she might be his long lost sister.

Dark and atmospheric, the world the characters inhabit is an alternative New York City with bouts of Acid Rain and ruled by an omnipotent cloning company called DNA21.

[1] Rather than attempting to make DV look like film, the colors were digitally manipulated to the extreme with the purpose of enhancing the atmosphere.