A portrait of a community, and family, in flux, Monica Sorelle’s feature debut “Mountains” is a deceptively low-key, but nevertheless textured, exploration of Miami’s Little Haiti community and the effects of gentrification on immigrant families. Narrowing in on one family as they navigate a grinding day-to-day existence with dreams of, perhaps, owning a house big enough to fit their family and artistic pursuits, Sorelle’s film juxtaposes the intersections of individual and communal progress, keying into the tension that exists between the two.  

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