82 minutes, 2000 Producer/Director: Laurie Collyer, Producers: Julia Pimsleur and Katy Chevigny, Executive Producers: John Leguizamo and Jellybean Benitez
"This astoundingly intimate film.The dual perspective Robert Torres offers, of someone who belongs to the family yet sees beyond its insular world, lends the film wrenching authenticity."
New York Times
"Their refusal to lose hope, and Robert's high-principled influence, make Nuyorican Dream inspiring as well as frequently devastating. An outstanding work of verite observation."
Variety
"A devastating, intimate portrayal of the risiliency and hope, of the strength of family bonds and the radical possibilities of education to effect social change."
Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes, Rutgers University
"Through Robert Torres' family life, Laurie Collyer has captured some of the obstacles faced by Puerto Ricans in the U.S.. This documentary will be of interest to educators and students in Puerto Rican, Latino/a, Carribean, Racial and Ethnic, Urban and Women's Studies."
