Leon Watkins runs a community helpline in South Central LA, where anyone in need of help is welcome. One of his most frequent visitors is local gang leader, John Wesley Hunter, otherwise known as “Joker” to the streets. After a day of hustling and almost losing his life in a shoot-out, Joker goes to the one place where he knows he can get help. All in a typical day’s work for Leon until an unlikely woman shows up insisting on aiding him in his fight for his community. This unlikely team defies social constructs by working together to actively fight oppression and gain nation-wide recognition for a hidden reality of many. Along their way they experience the deep-seeded hatred that has plagued America, great love, and tragedy as they leave behind a legacy.
El 30 de marzo de 1981, a las 14.27 horas de la tarde, se oyeron seis disparos en los alrededores del hotel Hilton de Washington. El responsable: un joven con problemas mentales dispuesto a matar al presidente de los Estados Unidos. No lo consiguió pero aquel día cambió para siempre la legislatura de Ronald Reagan y su matrimonio.
Al término de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, todavía hay miles de prisioneros italianos recluidos en campos de concentración en Estados Unidos. En el Hereford Internment de Texas, los prisioneros son maltratados por el coronel Gartner, que no respeta la convención de Génova. Uno de los presos escapa para denunciarlo ante la Cruz Roja. El belga Giorgio Serafini dirige este filme, en el que Roy Scheider, protagonista del ya clásico "Tiburón", interpreta al malvado oficial estadounidense.
