Backstreet to the American Dream, championed by Jarritos and Executive Producer Dolores Huerta, is an award-winning documentary examining race, labor, and class in modern-day America. Moving beyond culinary trends, this vérité-style feature follows blue-collar and immigrant entrepreneurs navigating the harsh realities of street economy, situating their experiences within broader conversations about economic inequality, informal labor, and the evolving meaning of the American Dream. The bilingual film features a visually distinctive animated sequence tracing the roots of street food from Ancient Mexico to South Los Angeles, narrated in English, Spanish, and the Indigenous Náhuatl language. Amid deepening political division and rising anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States, the story centers on one universal act: breaking bread across class and culture. Set against the world of food trucks, where people from all walks of life share meals, this cross-cultural odyssey reveals widening gaps between wage earners and the wealthy, survival and spectacle, hardship and hustle. Through food, the film sparks empathy and invites critical reflection on immigrant labor, class mobility, and the forces shaping opportunity in modern America.

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