Director
The children of immigration, here to stay, are the new Americans. How we fare in welcoming them will determine the nature of this country in the 21st century and beyond. The International High School is a New York City public school dedicated to serving newly arrived immigrant teenagers, with more than 300 students speaking two-dozen languages from 50 countries. The students strive to master English, adapt to families they haven't seen in years, confront the universal trials of adolescence, and search for a future they can claim as their own. In "I Learn America," five resilient immigrant teenagers come together over a year at the International High School at Lafayette and struggle to learn their new land. Through these five vibrant young people, their stories and struggles, and their willingness to open their lives and share them with us, we "learn America."
Additional Writing
A woman stuck in a stale marriage struggles to raise her children and manage her secret drug habit. But when winter comes to her small town, her balancing act begins to come crashing down.
Producer
A woman stuck in a stale marriage struggles to raise her children and manage her secret drug habit. But when winter comes to her small town, her balancing act begins to come crashing down.
Associate Producer
Val is 23 years old and full of dreams. She travels to New York to become an actress. She is lonely in a strange country, in a strange city, with little money and no friends. In her path, she meets weird people who they, also, seek their dreams but everyday life gets in the way. Tired and hungry she sits on the corner of a building. Across the street a writer whose fantasy has dry out. In an instant she becomes his muse... At the Oscar's night she will be the one with the Golden Globe in her hands.
Associate Producer
Лето в нью-йоркском Нижнем Ист-Сайде. Доминиканская община. Виктор Варгас наслаждается золотыми годами отрочества. Он живет в тесной квартире вместе с бабушкой, братом и сестрой и считает себя величайшим ловеласом в квартале. Но когда в квартале становится известно, что он спит с толстой девицей, которую никто не любит, ему угрожает опасность стать предметом насмешек. Пытаясь спасти свою репутацию, Виктор избирает своей целью Сладкую Джуди Рамирес - самую красивую девчонку в Нижнем Ист-Сайде. Решив добиться ее расположения и опередить многочисленных конкурентов, Виктор прибегает к помощи ее младшего брата Карлоса. Его план увенчался успехом, и Джуди принимает его в качестве своего "нового мужчины". Но успех вскружил ему голову, и он забывает задать себе жизненно важный вопрос: "Почему самая популярная девушка в квартале выбрала меня?"
