TY - ADVS AU - Riker,David AU - Mezey,Paul AU - Rivera,Anthony AU - Rigano,Joseph AU - Maldonado,Miguel AU - Cuevas,Ricardo ED - Independent Television Service, ED - Echo Lake Productions, ED - North Star Films, ED - Oscilloscope Pictures, TI - La ciudad PY - 2015///] CY - New York, NY PB - Oscilloscope Pictures KW - Immigrants KW - New York (State) KW - New York KW - Drama KW - Latin Americans KW - Feature films KW - lcgft N1 - Filmed in New York City between 1992 and 1997; originally released as a motion picture in 1999; Special features: Cinema from below (2004); Fifteen years later - a new conversation with David Riker and some of the original cast; theatrical trailer; Anthony Rivera, Joseph Rigano, Miguel Maldonado, Ricardo Cuevas; Rating: Not rated N2 - An unforgettable portrait of immigrant life in a collection of four stories about love, hope, and loss: a day laborer paid to gather bricks from an abandoned lot meets a tragic end; a young man newly arrived from Mexico falls in love with a girl from his home village; a homeless puppeteer dreams of a better life for his daughter; and a seamstress is in desperate need of money to send home for her daughter's medical treatment ER -