Big Familia follows Juan Gutierrez, a self-employed single father,
as he navigates a tumultuous year of inescapable change. His
daughter, Stella, is on the verge of moving away to college; his
lover, Jared, is pressing him for commitment; and his favorite
watering hole--a ramshackle dive presided over by Bob the
Bartender--is transforming into a karaoke hotspot. The story is set
in a neighborhood that is also changing, gentrification inciting
the ire of the established community. Upon the unexpected death of
one of the bar's regulars, Juan is sent reeling, and a series of
upheavals follow as he both seeks and spurns intimacy, pondering
the legacy of distant parents and a failed marriage and grappling
with his sexuality--all the while cycling and dating, drinking at
Nicks Lounge, and parenting a determined and defiant
child-become-woman. When his incarcerated father dies and Stella
reveals she's pregnant, Juan is forced to examine the emotional
bonds that both hold and hinder him, to reassess his ideas of
commitment, of friendship, of love. His encounters with various
characters--his mother, his ex-wife, a middle-aged punker, an
aspiring acupuncturist, a dapper veteran--lead Juan to the
realization that he himself must change to thrive. This is a story
of making family and making mistakes, of rending and of mending. As
a Latinx queer father with a mixed-race daughter, Juan exemplifies
the ways identity connects and divides us. With wit, insight, and
tenderness, Big Familia explores the complexities of desire,
devotion, and the mysteries of the heart.
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