In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned textile factory.
Acting
Ferrera and Ontiveros serve generational warfare with heat.
Writing
The dress scene — literally iconic, changed lives.
Costume
Those dresses carry entire histories in every stitch.
Director
Patricia Cardoso
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