Aaron (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black")
Made especially for the HBO cable network, this well-wrought feature is comprised of three short stories by three noted black American authors, each of which is directed by a respected black director.
In the 1950s, the Ween family live and work on land that was promised to their family. The landowners, the Appletree family, use the promise of the land to keep the family working for them, putting the transfer of the land in doubt.
From Publishers Weekly The devastating story of brothers Lafayette and Pharoah Rivers, children of the Chicago ghetto, is powerfully told here by Kotlowitz, a Wall Street Journal reporter who first met the boys in 1985 when they were 10 and seven, respectively. Their family includes a mother, a frequently absent father, an older brother and younger triplets. We witness the horrors of growing up in an ill-maintained housing project tyrannized by drug gangs and where murders and shootings frequently occur.
Após testemunhar um crime praticado por uma gangue violenta, um garoto concorda em auxiliar nas investigações se permitirem que ele passe pelo menos um dia na polícia, acompanhando o trabalho de um detetive. Para tomar conta do jovem, é escalado o detetive McKenna, que tem de enfrentar uma série de confusões preparadas pelo menino.
