Día: Día: South Bronx
Street Vendors in Focus

Film by Brandon Carrillo Leon, Sarah Cissé, Cesar Florencio,
Ariana Lorenzo, Cara-Star Tyner + Alexis Leal

Published on June 3, 2025

This short documentary follows three stories of street vendors who work at the same intersection in the South Bronx, known locally as the Hub.

Saida and her mother sell fruit together, continuing the work her father once did before passing away during the pandemic.

Margarita and Leopoldo face repeated fines and product confiscations by the sanitation department due to the lack of vendor permits.

Gloria, a Garifuna woman from Honduras, prepares traditional pan de coco at home and questions whether to remain in New York or return to Honduras.

As the city cracks down on informal labor, their hands tell a parallel story: of survival, grief, family, and cultural memory.

Lead Teaching Artist
Giacomo Francia

Teaching Artist
Daniela López Amézquita