Bread and Roses

Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a non-union janitorial service has the contract, the foul-mouthed supervisor can fire workers on a whim, and the service-workers' union has assigned organizer Sam Shapiro to bring its "justice for janitors" campaign to the building. Sam finds Maya a willing listener, she's also attracted to him. Rosa resists, she has an ailing husband to consider. The workers try for public support; management intimidates workers to divide and conquer. Rosa and Maya as well as workers and management may be set to collide.

• 2000Festival de Cannes · In Competition - Feature Filmsselected
• 2000Temecula Valley International Film FestivalJury Award
• 2001British Independent Film AwardsBest British Independent Film · nominated
• 2001British Independent Film AwardsBest Director — Ken Loach · nominated
• 2001British Independent Film AwardsBest Screenplay — Paul Laverty · nominated
• 2001Santa Barbara International Film FestivalPhoenix Prize
• 2002ALMA Awards · FilmOutstanding Motion Picture · nominated
• 2002ALMA Awards · FilmOutstanding Actress in a Motion Picture — Pilar Padilla · nominated
• 2002ALMA Awards · FilmOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture — George Lopez · nominated
• 2002ALMA Awards · FilmOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture — Elpidia Carrillo
• 2002Imagen Foundation AwardsBest Theatrical Feature Film

Set in Los Angeles, California · Mexico

• Filmed at Los Angeles, California — Wikidata lists Los Angeles as a filming location; Wikipedia's Paul Laverty page also states the film was shot in Los Angeles. No specific building-level locations found in this pass.
• San Diego, California — Wikidata lists San Diego as a filming location without references; not independently corroborated in this pass.