Bread And Roses (1999)

Fiery Mexican sisters Maya and Rosa work as cleaners in a down town office block in Los Angeles. Pay is low and bullying is common place. A fated meeting with Sam, a passionate American union organiser, leads to an unorthodox and imaginative campaign against their employer. The fight threatens their livelihood, family and risks their expulsion from the country.

Bread and Roses is a story about the most marginalised of LA communities daring to take on their corporate bosses against all odds.

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Production Credits

Director: Ken Loach
Producer: Rebecca O'Brien
Screenplay by: Paul Laverty
Music by: George Fenton
Cinematography by: Barry Ackroyd
Editor: Jonathan Morris
Production Design: Martin Johnson

Cast

Maya Pilar Padilla
Sam Adrien Brody
Rosa Elpidia Carrillo
Bert Jack McGee