El Delivery is a short film set in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood, about a boy and an elderly woman who collide on a sweltering summer day. The boy, from the arriving Dominican enclave; the woman, from the old guard. Growing tense moment by moment, their brief encounter culminates in an explosion. It is the NYU graduate student film of the Dominican filmmaker Juan Castillo.

It was aired 134 times on the HBO networks, becoming first film by a Dominican

Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

 director licensed by a major US network.

Awards

• Directors Guild of America Audience Award (Haig P. Manoogian screening of best films of NYU)
• Directing Award, NYU Graduate Film Program
• PBS Thirteen Reel NY series audience vote

Cast

• Chayanne Rodriguez - Ray
• Francesca Alavarez- Nina
• Marilyn Beck - Lady
• Kelvin Rosa - Packer 1
• Luis Rosa - Packer 2
• Evelyn DeLeon - Cashier 1
• Maritza Colon - Cashier 2
• Caroline Memnon - Woman in Blue

Other details

Genre: Drama

Duration: 10 minutes

Color: Color

Format: 35mm

Locations: Washington Heights

Washington Heights, Manhattan

Washington Heights is a New York City neighborhood in the northern reaches of the borough of Manhattan. It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the highest point on Manhattan island by Continental Army troops during the American Revolutionary War, to defend the area from the...

External Links

Thirteen Reel NY series

Internet Movie Database