Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers' union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Sam finds Maya a willing listener, she's also attracted to him. Rosa resists, she has an ailing husband to consider. The workers try for public support; management intimidates workers to divide and conquer. Rosa and Maya as well as workers and management may be set to collide.

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"A Kiliing On Brighton Beach" tracks Charlie, a petty Russian criminal, through a life-altering day. Charlie has outgrown Brighton Beach long ago but his kind heart keeps him trapped in this god-forsaken town. That is, until the day when country-singing Chinaman and a beautiful young girl take him down a road that leads him to a cache of stolen diamonds, betrayal and murder!