"There's always something going on in this house...it's like a hotel for the Dominican Republic"
"My American Girls stands as one of the strikingly few full-length profiles of Dominican immigrants in any genre." -The New York Times
"Packed with uncommon honesty and humor." -Los Angeles Times
"A heart-waming story of bi-cultural vitality." -Chicago Sun-Times
In intimate, vivid detail, MY AMERICAN GIRLS captures the joys and struggles over a year in the lives of the Ortiz family, first generation immigrants from the Dominican Republic. Matthews' film captures the rewards - and costs - of pursuing the American dream. From hard-working parents, who imagine retiring to their rural homeland, to fast-tracking American-born daughters, caught between their parent's values and their own, the film encompasses the contradictions of contemporary immigrant life.