Jessica Juarez

In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.

A slightly dystopian vision of LA, we follow three disaffected teenagers, Jessie, Calvin and Nicky, all victims of extreme childhoods, running supreme hedonistic riot as they try to work out a way in life.

When 13-year-old Tommy loses his parents to a drug raid, he turns to a phone sex operator (his fairy godmother) for help as he embarks on an urban odyssey to escape foster care with his two best friends.

Forced to flee his home in Honduras, Óscar seeks asylum in the United States, only to find himself trapped in the immigration system.

Ines Gutierrez is an eight year old girl from a low income household with a scholarship to an elite private elementary school. On a sunny afternoon, her mother, Emilia, drops Ines off for a playdate with two of her privileged classmates. Little does Ines know, this play-date will be her first step into understanding what it means to be "othered", and the social burdens that come with it. Lucky for her, family is always here to remind her that there is a space for everyone.

The drug ballad of a gravely ill border cop's reckless heist of a cartel shipment, sung by a desperate soul destroyed in her wake.

When the kind-hearted, semi-nerdy, and always-prepared Sarah gets blindsided by a breakup, she finds herself utterly alone, having spent the past four years neglecting every relationship other than the one with her loser boyfriend. She reaches out to the only person she can think of, her messy-but-loveable friend Megan and, together, they embark upon the post-breakup Uber trip of a lifetime.