Manito

The film is set in the Washington Heights neighbourhood of New York. Fifteen years ago the area was called the capital of crack cocaine. Today it is a lively Spanish speaking neighbourhood. The dealers are disappearing one by one. The legacy of violence they left behind is still there. Junior came out of that legacy. He is just out of prison and trying to get his life back together. His younger brother Manny is finishing school. Manny is near the top of his class. The hopes of the family rest on him. His graduation party is to be held that evening. On the night of the party Manny is faced with a decision. What he decides could change his life. The film holds on to that single night without letting go. Franky G and Leo Minaya appear in the seventy eight minute film, an American production Eric Eason finished in 2002.