A Patch of Blue

Accidentally blinded by her mother when she was five, Selina knows very little of the world beyond the dirty walls of her grandfather’s tenement apartment. Enduring a life of servitude to her prostitute mother, Roseanne, and “Ole’ Pa,” her drunkard grandfather, Selina spends her days cleaning the apartment, washing and ironing her mother’s and grandfather’s clothes, and preparing their supper. Her only companionship is the radio until Mr. Faber (for whom she strings beads to bring in money) one day offers to take her to the park.