This rough-around-the-edges Cinderella story from Jamaica, set in the same Kingston ghetto that spawned the groundbreaking THE HARDER THEY COME, features some electrifying scenes of the dirtiest dancing this side of the Baby Doll Lounge. Street vendor Marcia
(Audrey Reid) is no stranger to hard times: Thrown out on the streets as a pregnant 15-year-old, she's trying to protect younger brother Junior and give her two daughters the schooling that might get them out of the slums, while struggling to defend her business from thugs. Only 30, she's
retreated into a sexless limbo of endless work, shapeless clothes and one-of-the-guys socializing. All that changes after th...
Released:
1996
Rated:
NR
Length:
97 mins