Spoken Word
Jul 17 2009
•2h 56m
•Drama
A San Francisco spoken word artist returns to New Mexico to be with his dying father, only to find he loses his "voice" as he is sucked back in to the dysfunctional life of drugs and violence he left behind.
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Kuno Becker
Cruz
Miguel Sandoval
Emilio
Rubén Blades
Cruz-Sr.
Persia White
Shea
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