A Better Life
Every father wants more for his son.
A tender, socially conscious drama about a father's quiet sacrifice and struggle to protect his son from systemic pressures and urban danger.
A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to perform landscaping work for the city's wealthy landowners.
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