Cineville, Film4 Productions, Sony Pictures Classics, HBO Showcase
"Mothers. Warriors. Sisters. Survivors."
Mousie and Sad Girl are childhood best friends in a contemporary Los Angeles poor Hispanic neighborhood. But when Sad Girl becomes pregnant by Mousie's boyfriend, a drug dealer named Ernesto, the two become bitter enemies. While their dispute escalates towards violence, the violence of the world around them soon also impacts their lives.