Story |
Synopsis |
Setting |
Some Get Back |
Two bakery workers set out to get revenge against an ornery boss. |
1930s, Augusta, GA |
Assisted Living |
As punishment, a teenaged girl is tasked with visiting her principal’s elderly mother who lives in an assisted living facility. |
Contemporary, a Southern city |
The Benefactress |
A principal of a black high school in the South makes an annual appeal to his school’s wealthy benefactress and faces compromising his ideals to keep the funds flowing. |
1920s, New York City and Long Island |
Love You. Always |
An aging R&B bass player visits his grown daughter in an annual ritual to make amends for past bad deeds. A mysterious bracelet worn by the father helps to warm the chill of their relationship. |
Contemporary, a Southern city |
Collier Road |
A family man seeks to move his wife and daughters to a better neighborhood after neighbors have a street fight. |
1978, a Southern City |
The Photograph |
The story behind a notable news photograph haunts a married pair of Southern ex-hippies when the photo is to be commemorated in the local newspaper. |
2000s, a Southern college town |
Cotton Compress |
During his summer vacation, a graduate student wants to teach life lessons to the laborers who eat at his aunt’s makeshift lunch counter. |
1940s, Augusta, GA |
Glass House |
An Army wife learns the history of the curious house she hates to live. |
1990s, a Georgia city |
Just Desserts |
After robbing a drunken suitor she met at a bar, a young woman manages to hitch a ride home and decides along the way that bad things should happen to those who deserve it. |
1990s, rural Georgia and Atlanta |
Tea Time |
A young black man and his Jewish newlywed have a tea party with his mentee, a kid from the other side of town. Things go wrong and relationships become fragile. |
Contemporary, suburban and inner city Washington, DC |
Dates for Kreeger |
An ambitious young city worker opens up to his homosexuality and tries to find love in all the right places. |
Contemporary, Norfolk and Virginia Beach, VA |
Crystal Lake |
A remembrance of a summer fraternity picnic where a project kid accompanies his mentor and learns what it means to be a fish out of water. |
1970s, a Southern City |
Strivers |
A Pullman Porter’s daughter prepares for a debutant ball during Christmastime. A visiting uncle plans to be her dance partner since the father has to be away for work. |
1950s, Augusta, GA |
The Interview |
While his classmates at a respected Philadelphia university dream of Wall Street, a young man settles for interviewing with a Southern tool manufacturer. The interview process takes a raunchy turn. |
Contemporary, Spartanburg, SC |
Lester Is Late |
A cancer diagnosis and a delayed card game bring about thoughts of mortality and an appreciation of life. |
1980s, a Southern city |