With the current media landscape facing increasing pressure to depict issues of diversity in art, “East Side Sushi,” featuring both high-definition shots of food and a challenge to traditional ...

We got a chance to talk to visual effects wizard Anthony Lucero who wrote and directed â East Side Sushi â as a passion project with a purpose ­ and a big heart. [jump] Let’s talk about the genesis of ...

The first 15 minutes of East Side Sushi are utterly transfixing. Juana, a single mother, wakes at 4 a.m. and cooks breakfast for her father. In the dark, she slides her still-sleeping daughter, Lydia, ...