“It’s going to be Washington Heights that is going to show the world how to get up again,” declared director Jon M. Chu as he addressed the audience ahead of the special preview screening of Warner…
past, or more hopefully, toward a post-pandemic near future. All attendees were required to present either a vaccination card dated more than two weeks prior to the event or negative test results from within 24 hours upon entry, but once inside, the crowded venue was bustling with activity.
Based on the Tony-winning Broadway musical of the same name by Lin-Manuel Miranda from a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes, “In the Heights” centers on the lively, mostly-Latino neighborhood of Washington Heights in upper Manhattan. Anthony Ramos stars as Usnavi, a bodega owner who dreams of opening a bar in his home country, the Dominican Republic. Produced by Miranda and Hudes, it was initially set to be released last year but was postponed due to the pandemic.
Chu said, “Honestly, it’s like I’m waking up from some crazy dream and that this didn’t ever happen because other than your masks, I don’t know how we are even on a red carpet again and back at the Chinese theater.”, in her acting debut, as Nina Rosario, a young woman from Washington Heights who returns from a year at Stanford University and feels pressure from the community to act as a role model. Grace said that she saw some of herself in Nina.
Grace explained that she is excited for people to see the film since she believes it will create a greater understanding of the dreams and struggles of the Latino community. “I think that the best parts of social change can come from art, because art can create a world in which audiences realize that they have not only sympathy but empathy for people that are not like them.”that she was particularly thrilled for Latino youth to see the film. “Representation is everything.
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