Juanita Perez is on the quick road to success. Her only problem?
She's white.
The story
The film opens with Juanita deciding between two boxes on a standard actor audition form:
White or Hispanic
Um… both?
Juanita has left San Juan, Puerto Rico for New York City as part of a reality show that will document her pursuit of an acting career.
With her trusty cameraman Carlos by her side, Juanita tackles the ups and downs of the New York acting scene.
But she quickly encounters difficulty as a white Puerto Rican actor. The more she auditions, the more she discovers that people cannot reconcile her background with the color of her skin.
As the industry and society try to place Juanita in the appropriate box, she begins to lose her grip, struggling in vain to choose between two clashing worlds.
White or Hispanic
Um… both?
Juanita has left San Juan, Puerto Rico for New York City as part of a reality show that will document her pursuit of an acting career.
With her trusty cameraman Carlos by her side, Juanita tackles the ups and downs of the New York acting scene.
But she quickly encounters difficulty as a white Puerto Rican actor. The more she auditions, the more she discovers that people cannot reconcile her background with the color of her skin.
As the industry and society try to place Juanita in the appropriate box, she begins to lose her grip, struggling in vain to choose between two clashing worlds.