A coming of age story about an inner-city youth raised by a hardworking single mother. When his dream of becoming a basketball player fails to materialize, he finds himself employed in a supermarket. After his mother is tragically gunned down, Clarence (played by Jackson) is consumed by revenge and takes up a life of crime in order to support his younger brother.

A reporter goes to investigate the death of rock musician Johnny Starr and a murdered D.A. forty-three years ago. He soon finds himself in a tangled web.

Selling water together on Atlanta’s mean streets, Drew and Dolo dream of escaping the trap’s grip but see very different paths to getting out.