Bread and Roses

Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers' union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Sam finds Maya a willing listener, she's also attracted to him. Rosa resists, she has an ailing husband to consider. The workers try for public support; management intimidates workers to divide and conquer. Rosa and Maya as well as workers and management may be set to collide.

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  Pilar Padilla

  Maya
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  Adrien Brody

  Sam Shapiro
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  Jack McGee

  Bert
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  Lillian Hurst

  Anna
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  Elpidia Carrillo

  Rosa
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  George López

  Perez
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  Blake Clark

  Mr. Griffin
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  Gigi Jackman

  Dolores
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  Yelena Antonenko

  Maria
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  Sherman Augustus

  Ernest