College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.

A boy begins a grand journey to return Babe Ruth's baseball bat before the deciding game of the 1932 World Series comes to a close.

A news cameraman befriends a widow while covering activists during the Republican National Convention.

An emerging rock band, managed by industry vet Jimmy Kleen, strike a deal with record executive Rick Roland. Things take a sinister turn when the band's lead singer, Rachel, and her mother Barb are struck by lightning and killed. Rachel is brought back to life, but she is different than before. Lightning courses through her veins and she uses her new strange electrical powers to drain the life from men, turning it into electrifying stage performances, but just how far are the band willing to go to make it.

A recent high school graduate cares for his mother and navigates his first relationship in the wake of his father's suicide.

When Jake and his dream girl, Amanda, contract a mysterious zombie virus, they end up on the run from Cass, a teen psychic sent by the government's top-secret Necrotic Control Division to track them down as they search for a cure.

Gus Van Sant tells the story of a young African American man named Jamal who confronts his talents while living on the streets of the Bronx. He accidentally runs into an old writer named Forrester who discovers his passion for writing. With help from his new mentor Jamal receives a scholarship to a private school.

A failed New Jersey inventor embarks on a career as a standup comic, turns to drink, and labors to keep his family together.