In 1927, a Kansas City, Missouri cornet player and his band perform nightly at a seedy speakeasy until a racketeer tries to extort them in exchange for protection.
An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
Married for 13 years, same-sex couple Gabriel and Nicky appear to have the perfect life together. However, when growing stress and anxiety leads to divorce, each man finds himself fighting for custody of their young son.
Thérèse grows up with her aunt and cousin. Around 1860 the aunt decides they move to Paris and that her son and Thérèse get married. The joy- and loveless life changes when her husband brings a friend home. The affair turns ugly for all.
In South Central L.A., a misguided 20-year-old African-American man, a "baby boy", faces the commitments of real life.
People from all different walks of life, encounter racial tension, rape, responsibility, and the meaning of an education on a university campus.
