NAM Radio: A Transgender Latino's Family Story

New America Media, Audio, Shirin Sadeghi, Posted: Aug 23, 2011

In his ambitious first feature film, writer-director Rashaad Ernesto Green tackles a range of subjects, each of which alone could be considered controversial: crime and punishment, the struggle of immigration, homophobia, and transexualism.

Gun Hill Road is a fast-paced drama about one family in the Bronx and how things fall apart when the head of the household disappears in the prison system, even if it's just a few years. Writer-director Green spoke with New America Now Host Shirin Sadeghi.

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