15: A Quinceañera Story — Season 1, Episode 3: Ashley
Documentary • 27 min • 1 season, 4 episodes • ★ 6.2/10
Episode synopsis
While training for her amateur debut as a boxer in LA, Ashley must navigate the pressures her family feels due to their immigration status: her mother is a Dreamer who came to the U.S. as a child and her father has been deported. As Ashley prepares for both her boxing match and her quinceanera, she worries her boxing coach may also face deportation and miss her special day.
About 15: A Quinceañera Story
A 'quinceanera' is a coming-of-age celebration for a Latina girl's 15th birthday, marking her transition from girl to woman. Throughout four short films, follow five girls from different cultural, ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds, bonded together by this traditional rite of passage.