Short of the Week
Five Feet High and Rising
From the director of Peacemaker
Directed by Peter Sollett · Starring Victor Rasuk, Carlos Santiago, Judy Marte, Daniela Rivera · 2000
On Manhattan's Lower East Side, young Victor navigates swagger, rivalries and empty promises as he tries to win over a girl and find his place in the neighbourhood.
The naturalistic, award-winning short that grew into Raising Victor Vargas, bursting with real Lower East Side energy.
Driven by the prospects of love, young Victor walks his neighborhood in Manhattan's lower east side struggling to find his place in a world of dominance and empty promises
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