Jessica Pimentel

To escape her drug-dealing stepfather, a young artist flees to NYC with only her pet pocket squirrel. After successfully reinventing herself with the help of some "found family," she returns home to confront her dark past, in order to truly be free.

After an unjust 16-year prison sentence, Dolores Roach (Justina Machado) returns to a gentrified Washington Heights, where she reunites with an old stoner friend, Luis, who lets her live and work as a masseuse in the basement under his empanada shop. When the promise of her newfound stability is quickly threatened, “Magic Hands” Dolores is driven to shocking extremes to survive.