From an ominous Lecturer, a small 1930s middle American community learns of the Harper Affair, in which young Jimmy Harper finds his life of promise turn into a life of debauchery and murder thanks to the new drug menace marijuana. Along the way, he receives help from his girlfriend Mary and Jesus Himself, but always finds himself in the arms of the Reefer Man and the rest of the denizens of the Reefer Den.

Aaron, a 11-year-old boy wants to get his shoe back from a tree but he's too short.

Emilio (Jairo Osuna) is a Mexican teenager who tries to save his younger sister after she's abducted by relatives who cross into the United States. But Emilio's own attempt at an illegal crossing lands him in the clutches of a ruthless drug smuggler (James Bardo). When he finally reaches the U.S., Emilio gets help from a sympathetic car mechanic (Damian Chapa) but still faces daunting odds in the violent world that the border has created.

Brandon a socially awkward teen gets invited to a party by a potential love interest, everything goes south for him when his hooligan cousin screws over his chances; but they are forced to take matters into their own hands and make everything right.

The accidental killing of his tormentor forces a bullied teen boy into hiding at a safe house in the desert with authorities hot on his trail.