Follows the choices made by three young women - one a drug dealer, one an addict, one a pregnant teen - in Jersey City.
Acting
Non-professional cast brings devastating authenticity.
Direction
Documentary-style intimacy, no Hollywood gloss.
Writing
Dialogue that actually sounds like Jersey streets.
Director
Lori Silverbush
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot on location in Jersey City with actual residents as extras; the directors spent two years embedded in the community before filming.
One of the few early-2000s films centering Dominican-American women without tokenism; Adepero Oduye's breakout before Pariah.
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