Poor Woman
Una niña de raza mixta, hija de un aristócrata fuera del matrimonio es educada por la familia de su padre. La realeza mostrará una nula disposición a incluir a la niña en la familia debido a su color de piel, es una niña de color, lo que la impedirá ser aceptada en su infancia por su nueva familia. Poco a poco comienza a crecer adaptándose a las circunstancias y a las desavenencias del exterior. Todo cambia en el momento en que la joven criolla se enamora de otro hombre de la realeza, lo que provocará varios conflictos familiares debido de nuevo a su condición étnica.
Jennifer
Bess, a lonely, trailer park teen, steals a car and makes a desperate journey from Kansas to Vegas in search of a father she never knew. Her trip takes her deep into the seedy underbelly of America where she encounters an array of lost-souls, deadbeats and con men, and learns that family can be found in the oddest of places.
Nurse
In 1998 former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet visits Britain for medical treatment. On being tipped off, Amnesty International seize the chance to bring to justice a man they insist is guilty of multiple human rights violations. The newly-elected Labour government is initially amenable, and soon Pinochet is under house arrest (albeit in a detached house in leafy suburbia) and awaiting extradition to Spain. However, Amnesty are up against the complexities of British law, the vacillations of Home Secretary Jack Straw, Pinochet's former ally Margaret Thatcher - and the Senator's own vast reserves of cunning.
Theatre Bar Girl
La tragedia hace acto de presencia en la vida del prestigioso periodista Jack Elgin, un hombre inteligente e idealista, cuando su mujer y una de sus hijas son asesinadas ante sus propios ojos en un atentado terrorista. Horrorizado al comprobar cómo una política pusilánime impide que la justicia condene a los autores del crimen, Elgin se siente obligado a tomarse la justicia por su mano. Moviéndose en las altas esferas de la política y en los círculos de la mafia yugoslava, intentará atrapar a los asesinos.
Maimuna
El Rey de los persas, convoca a su atractiva esposa Vashti, para mostrar su belleza a los invitados, la orgullosa reina se niega a venir. El rey rápidamente le prohíbe a ella volver a estar en su presencia, y da órdenes para que le traigan a las vírgenes jóvenes más hermosas de la tierra. La joven judía Esther, hija adoptiva de su tío Mardoqueo, se encuentra entre las niñas seleccionadas.
Clara
Stephen Lawrence was a black London teenager murdered by white racists in 1993. His parents fought to have the crime properly investigated, culminating in a judicial enquiry into the event itself and also the inadequacies of the ensuing investigation by the London Metropolitan Police.
A dreamer who aspires to human flight is assigned public service after one of his attempts off a public building. This leads him to meeting a young woman, who is dying of motor neuron disease. The strong-willed woman admits her wish to be de-flowered before her death. The man, struggling to maintain his relationship with his girl friend, declines but offers to help pay for a gigolo to do the deed. The following events play off the inherent comedy and drama of the circumstances.
Veronica
Unemployed Anthony announces he is joining the police, much to the horror of his girlfriend and friends.
Fran
Three friends persecute a gang of criminals from Harlem to the parties of the High Society of London.
Eleanor
A single mother returns to her home town after fifteen years of unhappy marriage and fights to make a better life for herself and her children.
