S5.E6 ∙ The Very Suspicious Death of Jessica Easterly

When hurt beyond word there is no limit to what one might do.

After the death of a chief officer in a border city, a sergeant is sent there to find the killer.

A young gangster has two days to find the person responsible for stealing a valuable lorry load during a theft he personally supervised, otherwise he will have to pay off debts to his boss.

Five fugitives in New Orleans fight over their loot while riding out Hurricane Katrina.

As cities across Canada and the United States are faced with the urban flight epidemic, city cores have become a place somewhat of a wasteland. Neglected buildings, decreased populations, and increased crime, lay in the wake of urban sprawl and the lure of the suburbs. No longer willing to sit back and watch their neighborhood fall further into disrepair, residents living in Edmonton's inner city created grassroots initiatives as a way of taking back their neighborhoods. The film follows their process over the course of one year revealing their community spirit and the power people have when they come together for change. But can they revitalize their neighborhood without falling into the pitfalls of gentrification?