Two young Latinas lock eyes at a Greenwich Village party in 1954 and the world tilts. Blanca is a razor-sharp bartender and struggling painter who’s getting tired of struggling. She’s looking for a way out in all the wrong people and places. Inés is a Cuban seamstress with an open heart, big artistic dreams, and no intention of playing it safe. What begins as flirtation becomes a doomed duet of mentorship, rivalry, and seduction.
Their funny, sexy, and decidedly dangerous relationship unfolds in Greenwich Village’s cold-water flats, ateliers, and dive bars, where postwar American art is being invented. Blanca & Inés is an unsentimental love story about two women who want more than the world thinks they should. It asks how art gets made, who is allowed to make it, and what women sacrifice to be seen.
