LIFE AND NOTHING MORE [DVD]

In his remarkable second feature – winner of the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award – Spanish-born filmmaker Antonio Méndez Esparza follows-up his debut drama Aquí y allá with another sensitive portrait of a struggling family. Stressed by her job in a diner, single mother Regina (Regina Williams) is raising her two children in northern Florida. When her 14-year-old son Andrew (Andrew Bleechington) has another brush with the law, she worries he’ll wind up in prison like his father. Méndez Esparza employs documentary-style realism in this snapshot of race, class and the bonds of family in contemporary America. SPECIAL FEATURES  • Interview with Antonio Méndez Esparza (29 minutes) • Una y otra vez, a short film by Antonio Méndez Esparza (2009, 27 minutes) • Theatrical Trailer