Artisse

If you are looking for a film that will explain the here after look no farther than Artisse. This little gem is both well scripted and well acted. Normally films shot in Houston, Texas emphasize the fact that it is the oil capital of the world but this film finds the gritty places where graffiti rules. When Artisse comes back from the land of the dead, she discovers that everything has changed. She also realizes that the message she brings back from her departed father can change the destiny of her mother forever. The train sequences are especially convincing showing both the hard core aspects of those areas and showing the continual passage of time. The miracle scenes are well done for a low budget film and are actually quite believable. Using an all girl graffiti gang is a nice plot twist.