Almost a Woman
(2001, 2h , NR)
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(2001, 2h , NR)No Rating

Almost a Woman

(2001, 2h , NR)

(2001, 2h , NR)
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Genre

Drama, Docudrama

Synopsis

Based on the 1999 memoir by Esmerelda Santiago (the sequel to her earlier When I Was Puerto Rican), Almost a Woman begins in 1961, when the Santiago family -- single mom, six children, and formidable grandmother -- moves from Puerto Rico to a tiny apartment in New York. Determined to make a better life for her kids than might have been possible in the "old country," Mami Santiago (Wanda de Jesus) makes every conceivable sacrifice, and in the process loses two husbands. But the effort and heartbreak ultimately bear fruit when her daughter Esmerelda (Ana Maria Lagasca) enrolls in Manhattan's High School of the Performing Arts. Almost a Woman made its first TV appearance as a presentation of PBS' Masterpiece Theater American Collection.