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EAST SIDE SUSHI
Synopsis
Single mom Juana can slice and dice anything with great speed and precision. After working at a fruit-vending cart for years, she decides to take a job at a local Japanese restaurant. Intrigued by the food, she learns to make a multitude of sushi on her own.
Synopsis
Single mom Juana can slice and dice anything with great speed and precision. After working at a fruit-vending cart for years, she decides to take a job at a local Japanese restaurant. Intrigued by the food, she learns to make a multitude of sushi on her own.
Our take
Refreshingly set in the city of Oakland, California, East Side Sushi is a modest yet deeply affecting story of self-actualization, tradition, and manifesting harmony between cultures. A rare, welcome film with a tangible reverence of food—you might not want to go into this one with an empty stomach!