Local moviemaker Elaine del Valle is giving “Daddy’s girl” a new meaning in her upcoming film. It shows her complicated relationship with her father.

Karina Ortiz (as Carmen): “I’m sending you to Puerto Rico with your father for the rest of the summer.”

Summer Rose Castillo (as Elaine): “I’m not going there.”

Karina Ortiz (as Carmen): “Oh, you don’t have a choice.”

Summer Rose Castillo (as Elaine): “It’s just a bunch of hicks in Puerto Rico, I can hardly understand them.”

Summer Rose Castillo (as Elaine, talking to her relatives in Puerto Rico): “Hola.”

[Elaine’s relatives laugh at her.]

Brownsville Bred” is a true story. It shows Elaine’s ups and downs as she grows up in Brooklyn, New York.

Her mom sent her there to spend time with her dad after she kept getting into fights. Turns

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