在这部华盛顿高地剧情/爱情片中,故事发生在华盛顿高地即曼哈顿的隔壁，又在哈雷姆（纽约黑人住宅区）的北边，是出名的坏区，纽约最大的多米尼加移民的聚居地。在这里，一个有着远大理想的多米尼加传统连环漫画家（派里斯）被迫接管他爸爸一个杂货店，因为他的父亲被强盗开枪射伤了腿，无法管理杂货店……但是他的理想是做一个漫画家，经过一番周折，他终于迈向了自己的理想
\"Washington Heights\" tells the story of Carlos Ramirez, a young illustrator burning to escape the Latino neighborhood of the same name to make a splash in New York City's commercial downtown comic book scene. When his father, who owns a bodega in the Heights, is shot in a burglary attempt, Carlos is forced to put his dream on hold and run the store. In the process, he comes to understand that if he is to make it as a comic artist, he must engage with the community he comes from, take that experience back out into the world, and put it in his work.
