The Candy Store: A Documentary

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The tale of a miraculous friendship between a young Iranian artist & the proprietor of the last all-night candy store in NYC. - ** Ray pays astronomical costs to serve the community. The month we are successful, we will buy Ray an urgently needed ice cream machine.**Arya, a young Iranian filmmaker worried about deportation, walks into a New York candy store late at night seeking a milkshake. He chats up the owner, a kind-spirited, wild-hearted old Puerto Rican named Ray Alvarez - and in a strange twist of fate, Ray turns out to also be an Iranian refugee, living in disguise. So begins Arya&rsq ...

Read More uo;s new American dream, of making soft-serve for wayfaring drunks and 5am misfits - and a most unlikely friendship is born. “The Candy Store” is more than a tale of exile, more than a love letter to the vanishing flavors of old New York. It is a poetic testament to resilience in the face of fear and loss.

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