"Cotton Candy" follows two competing teenage beach vendors. Marie (Haitian-American) and David (Dominican-American) are descendants of the magical island of Hispaniola––their two countries separated by a river, a sordid colonialist past, and unimaginable acts of hate. Fleeing volatile governments and seeking safety, both families have built lives in the Bronx. 

Marie is a young entrepreneur whose main goal is to earn enough money  to contribute to her aunt’s funeral in Haiti. Her grandmother and mother are afraid of traveling back and must organize the ceremony from New York. David is a hopeless romantic––infatuated by music and women. He sells cotton candy in order to send money back to his brother who lives in the Dominican Republic and due to immigration policies, can not come to New York to live with David, his mother, and sister. As Marie and David compete for the profitable cotton candy route, age-old conflicts arise between the two families and the two young vendors learn that their differences may be what unites them.