Backstreet to the American Dream

Backstreet to the American Dream

🎞️ Movie 102 min US
2021

This modern-day look at the classic American Dream is done through the quintessential 21st Century entrepreneurial endeavor - food trucks. Backstreet to the American Dream is a deep dive into the birthplace of the $2 billion dollar global industry, Los Angeles. The 90-minute feature profiles two trucks and juxtaposes the experiences of American entrepreneurs and Mexican immigrants. Indeed, these are very different operations in the same city: the gourmet burger truck, Grill 'Em All, is the first season winner of The Great Food Truck Race on the Food Network in 2010, and El Pescadito, a mariscos lonchera (seafood truck), that has been parking at the same swap meet in an immigrant neighborhood since 1982.

Cast

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Bill Esparza
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Matthew Geller
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Roy Choi
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Martin Espino
Composer
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David Gaston Green
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Ryan Harkins