This coming-of-age story focuses on residents within a community of Chicago's south side who become linked by coincidence but are bonded by the need for connection and redemption.

Typical days find children heading off to school while their parents go to work, with young adults trying to get by and elders observing the goings-on from their front porches.

But in a neighborhood this tough there is real and constant danger, meaning even the simplest decisions can have life or death consequences.