Uploaded February 2009 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
BUY IT: caachi.com/Members/artsengine/nuyorican_dream/landing - "Nuyorican Dream" chronicles the struggles and aspirations of the Torres-Gutierrez clan, a Puerto Rican family trying to rise above and stick together in New York. The eldest son, Robert, suffers alienation after becoming the first family member to graduate from college; siblings Beti and Tati deal with drug addiction; and mother Marta resorts to selling her homemade pasteles to support the extended family. This documentary shows its not just about "making it" in America, but about making it with the family intact.
BUY IT: caachi.com/Members/artsengine/nuyorican_dream/landing - "Nuyorican Dream" chronicles the struggles and aspirations of the Torres-Gutierrez clan, a Puerto Rican family trying to rise above and stick together in New York. The eldest son, Robert, suffers alienation after becoming the first family member to graduate from college; siblings Beti and Tati deal with drug addiction; and mother Marta resorts to selling her homemade pasteles to support the extended family. This documentary shows its not just about "making it" in America, but about making it with the family intact.
