Pop-Bottle Ruby
The inhabitants of a deteriorating section of 1968 Junction City, Kansas known as "Junk City" bemoan their existence and revel at the history of their neighborhood during its 1940's heydays when legendary jazz musicians regularly played its clubs. In 1968, the area has diminished to strip clubs and juke joints inhabited by Vietnam War draftees that pass through from nearby Fort Riley. Heads of the group include a wino who lost a leg in WWII, a taxi dispatcher, a saloon owner, and a crazed bag lady. The younger generation is represented by a young prostitute who is trying to get off the streets, but is forced to continue to work by a no-good boy friend and the need to feed her baby. Martin Sheen also appears as a white minister who prefers the people in the area over his own congregation.
Haagar Peazant
1902년, 미국 남부의 한 섬에 남아있던 아프리카계 흑인 가족이 미국 본토에서 새로운 삶을 시작하면서 아프리카 고유의 문화가 소실될 위기에 처한다.
Andais Banks
Charlie Banks, chronically unemployed, struggles to find dignity and a meaning for life in poorer districts of South Central Los Angeles.
Stan's Wife
양 도살장에서 일하는 스텐은 열악한 노동환경 속에서 적은 보수로 어렵게 살아가고 있다. 스텐의 자식들 역시 거친 환경에서 하루하루를 무기력하게 보내는 것만이 일상의 전부이다.
