Synopsis
In the early 1960s, Victor Torres and his family moved to Brooklyn, New York from their native Puerto Rico in search of a new life. The American dream quickly fades as they face a life of want in their adopted home. As a new recruit in a street gang, a teenage Victor embarks on a lucrative new drug-trafficking business in an attempt to help his struggling family. Victor is quickly enslaved by drug use, and his parents, Manuel and Lila, desperately search to find a way to help their son. A faith-based rehabilitation program is their last chance to rescue Victor.
The History
The film VICTOR is an adaptation of Victor Torres’ autobiography entitled “Son of Evil Street”. The film tells the story of Victor and his family as they learn to live in their new land. Victor become a victim of gang life, and he soon finds himself enthroned by heroin and struggling with the faith that could save his life.
After collaborating on the award-winning documentary LIFE IN A BOX, Executive Producer Greg Wilkerson, (son of David Wilkerson, who is depicted in the film) and Director / Co-Writer Brandon Dickerson join forces to to tell this inspiring story.
Biography of the Director
Brandon Dickerson is an award-winning writer and director with an extensive body of work in feature films, commercials, and music videos. He has been honored with the coveted Cannes Gold Lion as well as two Austin Film Festival Audience Awards for his debut feature SIRONIA and documentary A SINGLE FRAME.
His vision for directing and his contemporary style has given him the opportunity to work on large-scale projects for over twenty years with an eclectic assortment of clients around the globe, including Sony PlayStation, Hasbro, Aprilia, Converse, and Microsoft among others. The Walt Disney Company has entrusted Dickerson to helm ten years worth of music based promotions including JONAS, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, CAMP ROCK, PINOCCHIO, LEMONADE MOUTH, SNOW WHITE, Pixar’s TINKERBELL, and two NARNIA films with artists from Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez to Steven Curtis Chapman and Switchfoot.
Dickerson’s latest writer/director adventure is titled WHEN JACK WENT GLAMPING. Currently in post production with producers Susan Kirr (SEVEN DAYS IN UTOPIA) and Cathleen Sutherland (BOYHOOD), the film stars David Arquette, Amy Acker, Adan Canto, and June Squibb. GLAMPING was filmed at Green Acres outside of Austin, Texas, where Dickerson lives in vintage trailers with his family and tends his miniature donkeys and alpacas.
VICTOR marks Brandon’s second collaboration with Executive Producer Greg Wilkerson since their award winning documentary LIFE IN A BOX.
A Message from the Creators
When we heard the story of Victor Torres and read his autobiography ‘Son of Evil Street’, we saw the opportunity to make an inspiring film about a real family that is rescued by their faith in an authentic way.
The book transports you to the 1960s on a teenage trip through gang life and drug addiction on the streets of New York. But it was during our meetings with Victor and his family in Richmond, VA where they established a successful rehabilitation center, when we realized that the story was much deeper and has made a lasting impact on the world today.
In the dedication of the book, Victor recognizes his dear parents for their persistent search to head their lost son to a new life. We could not be more passionate about sharing this inspiring and true story that explores the power of faith to transform a life and the courage of a mother who never loses hope for her child.
– Greg Wilkerson, Executive Producer and Brandon Dickerson, Director
Synopsis
In the early 1960s, Victor Torres and his family moved to Brooklyn, New York from their native Puerto Rico in search of a new life. The American dream quickly faces as they face a life of want in their adopted home. As a new recruit in a street gang, a teenage Victor embarks on a lucrative new drug-trafficking business in an attempt to help his struggling family. Victor is quickly enslaved by drug use, and his parents, Manuel and Lila, desperately search to find a way to help their son. A faith-based rehabilitation program is their last chance to rescue Victor.
The History
The film VICTOR is an adaptation of Víctor Torres’ autobiography entitled “Son of Evil Street”. The film tells the story of Victor and his family as they learn to live in their new land. Victor become a victim of gang life, and he soon finds himself enthroned by heroin and struggling with the faith that could save his life.
After collaborating on the award-winning documentary LIFE IN A BOX, Executive Producer Greg Wilkerson, (son of David Wilkerson, who is depicted in the film) and Director / Co-Writer Brandon Dickerson join forces to to tell this inspiring story.
Biography of the Director
Brandon Dickerson is an award-winning writer and director with an extensive body of work in feature films, commercials, and music videos. He has been honored with the coveted Cannes Gold Lion as well as two Austin Film Festival Audience Awards for his debut feature SIRONIA and documentary A SINGLE FRAME.
His vision for directing and his contemporary style has given him the opportunity to work on large-scale projects for over twenty years with an eclectic assortment of clients around the globe, including Sony PlayStation, Hasbro, Aprilia, Converse, and Microsoft among others. The Walt Disney Company has entrusted Dickerson to helm ten years worth of music based promotions including JONAS, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, CAMP ROCK, PINOCCHIO, LEMONADE MOUTH, SNOW WHITE, Pixar’s TINKERBELL, and two NARNIA films with artists from Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez to Steven Curtis Chapman and Switchfoot.
Dickerson’s latest writer/director adventure is titled WHEN JACK WENT GLAMPING. Currently in post production with producers Susan Kirr (SEVEN DAYS IN UTOPIA) and Cathleen Sutherland (BOYHOOD), the film stars David Arquette, Amy Acker, Adan Canto, and June Squibb. GLAMPING was filmed at Green Acres outside of Austin, Texas, where Dickerson lives in vintage trailers with his family and tends his miniature donkeys and alpacas.
VICTOR marks Brandon’s second collaboration with Executive Producer Greg Wilkerson since their award winning documentary LIFE IN A BOX.
Declaration of the Creators
When we heard the story of Victor Torres and read his autobiography ‘Son of Evil Street’, we saw the opportunity to make an inspiring film about a real family that is rescued by their faith in an authentic way.
The book transports you to the 1960s on a teenage trip through gang life and drug addiction on the streets of New York. But it was during our meetings with Victor and his family in Richmond, VA where they established a successful rehabilitation center, when we realized that the story was much deeper and has made a lasting impact on the world today.
In the dedication of the book, Victor recognizes his dear parents for their persistent search to head their lost son to a new life. We could not be more passionate about sharing this inspiring and true story that explores the power of faith to transform a life and the courage of a mother who never loses hope for her child.
– Greg Wilkerson, Executive Producer and Brandon Dickerson, Director
– Greg Wilkerson, Executive Producer and Brandon Dickerson, Director