"He'll do anything in his power... to keep them together."
After losing his police officer lover, Christian drag queen Holiday Heart meets 12-year-old Niki and her drug-addicted mother, Wanda. Heart finds relief from heartache and a renewed sense of purpose when he steps in as a father figure to Niki and welcomes the two women into his life. But when Wanda becomes romantically involved with her drug dealer, Silas, it may endanger Niki and threaten to destroy the makeshift family.
Ving Rhames
Holiday Heart
Alfre Woodard
Wanda Dean
Jesika Reynolds
Niki Dean
Mykelti Williamson
Silas
Jonathan Wesley Wallace
Jambalaya Blue
Philip Maurice Hayes
Sergeant
Blu Mankuma
Pastor Henry
Ron Selmour
LT
Lorena Gale
Mrs. Owens
After losing his police officer lover, Christian drag queen Holiday Heart meets 12-year-old Niki and her drug-addicted mother, Wanda. Heart finds relief from heartache and a renewed sense of purpose when he steps in as a father figure to Niki and welcomes the two women into his life. But when Wanda becomes romantically involved with her drug dealer, Silas, it may endanger Niki and threaten to destroy the makeshift family.
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