Washington Heights (movie)
- User score: 7.9
- Production country: United States of America
- Producer: Alfredo De Villa
- Production companies: Stolen Car Productions, Ex-Bo Productions, AsDuesDon
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Budget: $210,000
- Revenue: $156,021
- Release date: 5/22/2002
- Run time: 89 min.
Movie description
"Washington Heights" tells the story of Carlos Ramirez, a young illustrator burning to escape the Latino neighborhood of the same name to make a splash in New York City's commercial downtown comic book scene. When his father, who owns a bodega in the Heights, is shot in a burglary attempt, Carlos is forced to put his dream on hold and run the store. In the process, he comes to understand that if he is to make it as a comic artist, he must engage with the community he comes from, take that experience back out into the world, and put it in his work.
