RAISING THE FLOOR

US | 30 min. | 2022 | English
DIRECTOR: Sabrina Avilés
PRODUCERS: Sabrina Avilés, Jenny Alexander
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: James Rutenbeck

SYNOPSIS:
In spring 2020 a global pandemic sent the city of Chelsea, Massachusetts spiraling into chaos. Chelsea’s frontline workers risked their lives to help others, while its essential workers’ incomes dropped to zero overnight. Hundreds of citizens waited in blocks-long lines to pick up food at a makeshift distribution center. Chelsea quickly became a COVID hot spot, and the governor was forced to call in the National Guard to distribute food boxes throughout the city. RAISING THE FLOOR is the moving narrative of a majority Latinx community coming together to feed neighbors and strangers during an unprecedented public health crisis. It is the inspiring story of a group of local leaders whose sense of helplessness and concern led to bold policy innovation.

AVAILABILITY: Film Festivals, Screenings, Broadcast, VOD worldwide.

FESTIVALS: GlobeDocs 2022 (World Premiere), International Film Festival of Boston, Cleveland International Film Festival. Phoenix Film Festival. Philadelphia Latino Film Festival, Katra Film Series, and Providence International Film Festival.

AWARDS: Best Documentary Short at GlobeDocs