Overview

Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers' union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Sam finds Maya a willing listener, she's also attracted to him. Rosa resists, she has an ailing husband to consider. The workers try for public support; management intimidates workers to divide and conquer. Rosa and Maya as well as workers and management may be set to collide.

Genres

Cast

Pilar Padilla

Maya

Adrien Brody

Sam Shapiro

Jack McGee

Bert

Lillian Hurst

Anna

Elpidia Carrillo

Rosa

George López

Perez

Blake Clark

Mr. Griffin

Gigi Jackman

Dolores

Yelena Antonenko

Maria

Sherman Augustus

Ernest

Pepe Serna

Restaurateur

Tom Gilroy

Director of Campaigns