[2] The drama consists of four vignettes that plunges you onto New York City's poorer neighborhoods where Latin American immigrants, many of whom barely speak English, live at the mercy of exploitative employers and inflexible institutions.

Many of the characters are in the United States illegally to make money in order to send back home to their poor families.

It was re-released in three New York City theaters by Echo Lake in areas with a high Latino population over the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend where it grossed $12,976.

This is non-anamorphic and exhibits minor coming in spots (non-progressive) but much of the inferiority of the image is a function of the independent manner in which it was produced...The featurette addition is a super extra and helps further appreciation of this fine film.

The anxious, careworn faces of downtrodden people who have no choice but to continue as best they can convey their plight more powerfully than any words.

The first piece, "Bricks," is slow in starting, and the second, "Home," is emotionally flat and can't mask the amateurishness of the leads.