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Eric Eason

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Eric Eason is an American film director and screenwriter. His first feature film Manito premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize and went on to win 16 awards on the International Festival Circuit including Best Film at the SXSW Film Festival, Best Emerging Filmmaker Award at the Tribeca Film Festival and the Open Palm …

Known For

A Better LifeA Better Life · 2011
A Better Life
★ 7.22011
MovieDrama
An Indigenous Latino American gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while traveling across town to perform landscaping work for the city's wealthy landowners.
Journey to the End of the NightJourney to the End of the Night · 2006
Journey to the End of the Night
★ 5.92006
MovieThriller
In a dark and decadent area of São Paulo, the exiled Americans Rosso and his son Paul own a brothel. Paul is a compulsive gambler addicted in cocaine and his father is married with the former prostitute Angie, and they have a little son. When a client is killed by his wife in their establishment, they find a suitcase with drugs.
Leah RossLeah Ross · 2019
Leah Ross
2019
MovieDrama
A music teacher in Winnipeg, Canada connects with her burglar.
ManitoManito · 2002
Manito
★ 6.02002
MovieDrama
Fifteen years ago, their Washington Heights neighborhood was dubbed the crack-cocaine capital of the world, but today it is transforming into one of the most vibrant, Spanish-speaking communities in the United States. While the drug dealers continue to disappear, their violent legacy still casts a shadow over the neighborhood and its residents. Junior, an ex-convict struggling to get his life back on track, is a product of this legacy. His younger brother Manny, the salutatorian of his high school class, embodies the hope of the future. On the night of his graduation party, Manny finds himself faced with an ill-fated decision that could change his life forever

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