Tiara
An NYC Professor spends the week reconnecting with his family while defending his reputation over controversial behavior at his college. Meanwhile, his family is determined to make an around-the-clock effort to support their matriarch when she’s admitted to New York’s Presbyterian Hospital and is expected to die within a few days.
Grace
A young woman of color is evicted from her home. Her subsequent encounters reveal the callousness of a society built to exploit the precariousness of people like herself. Ultimately, she must confront, head-on, a struggle that is far easier to identify than it is to overcome.
Ranita
The most feared battle emcee in the early 1980s in Queens, New York, was a fierce teenager from the Queensbridge projects. At the age of 14, Roxanne Shanté was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend, as she hustled to provide for her family while defending herself from the dangers of the street.
