Event

The Big Shot-Caller

Tuesday, August 4 at 7:30pm
IN PERSON: Director Marlene Rhein and Producer Christine Giorgio

$9 Members / $12 Public / Includes Reception
Active Membership Will Be Checked

As a child, Jamie dreamed of being a salsa dancer, but life and his severe near-sightedness caught up with him. Living in New York City he works nine to five, has a nightly beer in a sports bar (where he cant even see the screens), but goes home with hardly any human interactions. One night Jamie decides to stop by a salsa party. He bumps into Elissa, a gorgeous Dominican girl from Washington Heights, and before he knows it, he now has a woman in his life. His world is brighter and more vivid than ever before Until Elissa stops calling him. He sinks into a downward spiral and loses everything; his job, his apartment, his self-esteem. With nowhere else to go, he reluctantly moves in with his estranged sister, Lianne a streetwise, self-proclaimed hip hop dancing dynamo. She tells him that this is all happening for a reason: that God, The Big Shot-Caller, is in charge; that if he reaches for his childhood love of Salsa Dancing, he will find the answer to his broken heart. With no partner to help him, he enlists the help of Lianne to be his Salsa partner. The result is an inspiring, heart-warming story of a brother and sister overcoming their conflict to help each other find joy.

USA, 2008, 103 min.