Producer: Bruce Weiss
Screenwriters: Lynn Nottage, Tony Gerber
Director of Photography: Russell Lee Fine
Production Designer: Stephen McCabe
Composer: Evan Lurie
Principal cast: Valeria Golino, Shashi Kapoor, Leon, Art Malik, Shabana Azmi, Miho Nikaido, Victor Argo.

In his impressive debut film, Tony Gerber tells five of New York's ten million stories. A delicate, beautifully made tapestry of life in the five boroughs, Side Streets reminds us that the real flavor of the city is more fascinating and nuanced than the cliched versions of New York usually depicted. With its impressive international cast, Side Streets follows the interweaving fates of five immigrants: a would-be fashion model from Italy - an aging movie actor from India living with his taxi driver brother, a West-Indian who sells his wife's china to buy a Cadillac; a Romanian butcher's apprentice who is a compulsive gambler - and a Puerto Rican man trying to buy the red dress that will win his woman's heart. Co-written by playwright Lynn Nottage, Side Streets is equally lyrical and authentic. - David Schwartz