East Side Story Carlos Portugal, US, 2006 9:00pm

Diego is a closeted Latino, hitting 30, and feeling trapped by working in his grandmother’s Mexican restaurant in East LA. Diego has bigger dreams - he wants to leave the old neighborhood and open up his own upscale establishment, ideally with his lover Pablo, a real estate agent. But his buff boyfriend is even more firmly in the closet than he is, so much so that he conceals the relationship he has with Diego by openly dating Diego’s aunt! Change is on the way, though, when the growing gentrification of his Latino neighborhood starts to attract gringo “guppies” and brings new opportunities in more ways than one - including the cute Wesley who quickly catches Diego's eye.  Video, 88 min.

Co-Presented by ALMA, The Association of Latino Men of Action , www.almachicago.org

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