Bread and Roses

    Bread and Roses
    2000

    Synopsis

    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.

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    Cast

    • Pilar PadillaMaya
    • Adrien BrodySam Shapiro
    • Jack McGeeBert
    • Monica RivasSimona
    • Frankie DavilaLuis
    • Lillian HurstAnna
    • Maria OrellanaBerta
    • Melody GarrettCynthia
    • Elpidia CarrilloRosa
    • George LopezPerez

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