Special Film Event: One Night Only

Date: Saturday, February 20 at 7:45 pm
Tickets: $8 / $6 seniors & children under 11
Location: Mountain Cinema in the Doctorow Center for the Arts, Rte. 23A, Village of Hunter, NY
Information: 518-263-2002 (recorded information) or 518-263-4702 (during hours of operation)

After the death of his mother, Sequan Green, a black fifteen year old from Brooklyn, is sent to live with his Aunt Luellen in rural Alabama. There he meets a dysfunctional group of characters, including his older cousin Michael who begins to abuse him; Ahmed, the school's basketball star and drug dealer; his aunt and young cousin Charity, who both live in denial; and sheriff Charles King, who is also a newcomer to the town and is Sequan's uncle.

Sequan finds a friend in Lori Anderson, Ahmed's white girlfriend, who takes him under her wing. Skittish at first, Sequan slowly opens up to Lori as she schools him on life in this dark, sleepy town. Eventually, she introduces him to her younger brother, Jake, who she suspects would have much in common with Sequan, including a love of reading James Baldwin.

However, the town of Jefferson, Alabama is hiding many secrets. As Sheriff King investigates and simultaneously begins to reach out to his alienated and abused nephew, the disparate, mosaic of stories in this tiny, proper town become tragically entwined.