Film Screening | August

Come watch films that encourage interaction and dialogue. Each program, which features films from Latin America, the Caribbean, and the diaspora, focuses on a different issue and aims to promote discussion, introspection, and cross-cultural interaction. Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) will be streamed this month. Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) 2025 | Dir. Joel Alfonso Vargas Rico, who is 19 years old, has a hustle for everything. He serves “nutcracker” beverages from a cooler on Orchard Beach during the day. Now that his girlfriend Destiny has essentially moved in, he spends his nights attempting to keep his family’s little Bronx apartment together. Mad Bills to Pay, also known as Destiny, dile que no soy malo, is a street-cast, witty depiction of Dominican-American life in the Bronx that is both painful and humorous. It is evident that Joel Alfonso Vargas, the film’s director, cast a large number of actual Bronx residents. In both Spanish and English, with an English caption. 101 minutes.