Film crews have been out since Friday on Lenox Avenue between 119th and 122nd filming something. Given that it has been raining since Thursday, I had not ventured to find out what the production was. Today I braved a light drizzle and discovered that the project in question is "Illegal Tender," a Crunk Productions, Inc. movie.

I asked crew members nearby what the movie is about. When none of the them knew film's plot, I speculated based on the name. Was it about the age of women Elvis dated, someone sneaking Kobe beef across the U.S. border without testing it for BSE, or a conductor who powers his train with coal from a stolen railcar coupled to his locomotive?

It's none of the above. According to a press release, "Illegal Tender," written by the oddly punctuated Franc. Reyes (Empire) and produced by John Singleton ("Shaft," "Hustle & Flow"), "tells the story of Latino college student Wilson Jr. (Rick Gonzalez) and his courageous mother Millie De Leon (Wanda de Jesus) fleeing from the thugs that killed his father (Manny Perez). After years of uncertainty about the true meaning behind their life on the run, Wilson Jr. and his love, Ana, (Dania Ramirez) find themselves in life-threatening danger. Wilson Jr. must return to Puerto Rico to unveil the dark secrets from his family's past."