Jennifer Villaverde

Ana, a young filipina filmmaker, shoots a re-enactment of a fight she once had with her mother - a fight brought on by mutual refusals to communicate. Echoing the cultural pressure from her mother to work beyond her natural limits, Ana rewrites every single insult into a chance for forgiveness. As the story of her film diverges further and further from the memory of what happened, she questions whether her creative additions amount to yet another repression of the truth.

Une veuve travaille sans relâche afin de nourrir convenablement ses deux enfants, payer les factures et surtout les médicaments pour le benjamin qui souffre d'asthme. Lorsqu'elle se fait renvoyer du restaurant où elle travaille, elle se retrouve vite dans le besoin et se reconvertit malgré elle en dealeuse. Peu à peu dépendante au cristal, une drogue de synthèse, elle connaît une véritable traversée du désert lors de laquelle ses enfants seront son seul salut.

Jamie is shocked when she and her best friend become victims of homophobic name-calling, but she must face up to her own reactions as she realizes that her friend is "one of them" and needs her support.