They grapple with the push and pull of home, the opportunities denied to those without papers and the pressures that come with making it out of the neighborhood.
“This is the first time I’m seeing people who look like my family on TV.
In a recent interview with The Root, director Jon M.
“It makes those of us who are browner feel like the stepchildren,” she said.
In the theatrical production of “In The Heights,” Nina’s father disapproves of her relationship with Benny, who is Black and who her father considers to be an outsider in the neighborhood.
“I’m trying to hold space for both the incredible pride in the movie we made and be accountable for our shortcomings,” he wrote.
“We cannot let this stop us from supporting a film like this because then we will not get the films that we want.