Overview

This film tells two interwoven stories of two single-parent families in a poor, racially-mixed neighborhood in Brooklyn. The first story is about a young black man (with aspirations of getting away from his friends who are involved in drugs) who falls in love with a latino girl (who is heading off to college on a full scholarship). The second is about their parents, (she works in the neighborhood liquor store; he works for the phone company). The story takes place against the backdrop of a winning lottery ticket worth $27 million being sold to someone in the neighborhood from the liquor store.

Genres

Cast

Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

Hank

Wendell Holmes

Milt

Jamie Tirelli

Popi

Paul Calderon

Reinaldo

Luis Guzmán

Ricki

Terrence Howard

Warren

John Ortiz

Coco

Eden Marryshow

Freddie

Daphne Rubin-Vega

Gloria

Gloria Irizarry

Mrs. Fuentes