Pyeng Threadgill

헐리우드의 유명 작가인 '글렌 토퍼'는 이혼한 아내와 플로리다에서 살던 딸 '차이나'와 뉴욕에서 함께 살게 된다. 글렌은 이제 곧 성인이 될 딸이 미래에 대한 고민과 설계를 했으면 하는 바램이지만, 정작 차이나는 졸업반이라는 핑계로 학교도 빠지며 아빠의 돈과 제트기, 유명인들과의 인맥을 즐기느라 여념이 없다. 그것도 모자라, 딸이 68세에 아동성애자란 소문이 도는 유명 작가인 '레슬리 굿윈'과 사랑에 빠지게 되자 글렌은 머리가 터질 지경이다. 좋은 아빠가 되려면 대체 어떻게 해야하는 것일까?

Because jazz is the miraculous product of the horror of slavery, Youssou N'Dour returned to the slave route and the music they created, in search of new inspiration. Accompanied by the blind Swiss pianist Moncef Genoud and the Director of the Gorée House of Slaves Museum, Joseph N'Diaye, the Senegalese singer wrote new songs during this initiatory voyage which took him to the USA then to Europe. At Gorée, an island just off the Senegalese coast and symbol of the slave trade, his memorable concert marked the end of this quest and the start of a new challenge: making today's generation aware of the tragedy of slavery, the importance of not forgetting and the need for reconciliation.

Follows the fate of Lyle, a violent adolescent who, in lieu of prison, is placed in a juvenile mental institution where he encounters a group of equally troubled teens. This motley crew - abused, sexually confused, violent, and yet hanging on by their grit and anger - becomes Lyle's last lifeline as he fights to find meaning in a world that seems to defy understanding.