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So we moved not to a suburb with lampposts and green
lions but to Hialeah, a working-class
Cuban neighborhood surrounded by our
fellow caribeños. It wasn't the house we
had dreamed about... But it became our new home. We even got the
pool mami wanted. Well... almost the
pool mami wanted. The United States turned
out to be very different than any of us had imagined. But in a way, there was
something familiar about it. - Mami! Ow.
- Por favor
lions but to Hialeah, a working-class
Cuban neighborhood surrounded by our
fellow caribeños. It wasn't the house we
had dreamed about... But it became our new home. We even got the
pool mami wanted. Well... almost the
pool mami wanted. The United States turned
out to be very different than any of us had imagined. But in a way, there was
something familiar about it. - Mami! Ow.
- Por favor
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- So we moved not to a suburb
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with lampposts and green
lions but to Hialeah,
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a working-class
Cuban neighborhood
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surrounded by our
fellow caribeños.
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It wasn't the house we
had dreamed about...
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But it became our new home.
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We even got the
pool mami wanted.
00:00:21.354 --> 00:00:24.482
Well... almost the
pool mami wanted.
00:00:25.691 --> 00:00:27.086
The United States turned
out to be very different
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than any of us had imagined.
00:00:30.029 --> 00:00:33.824
But in a way, there was
something familiar about it.
00:00:33.908 --> 00:00:35.659
- Mami! Ow.
- Por favor.
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Movie Summary
A Latina reporter looks back on her childhood as a chubby, willful, reluctant Dominican immigrant growing up with her eccentric family in 1980s Miami.