"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.

• DirectorAlfredo De Villa
• Release22 May 2002
• Genre
  Drama / Romance
• Duration1h 29m
• Budget$210,000
• Revenue$156,021
• Rate
  

  7.3
  5 reviews
• Productions

  Stolen Car Productions, Ex-Bo Productions, AsDuesDon