After a tightly wound but promising Ivy League graduate moves back in with her disappointed mother in their Section 8 apartment, she is forced to babysit a peculiar and precocious child and consequently helps him manage his bullies as well as her own.
Maame Addae
Abigail
Carter D. James
Kevin
Bibi Lebechi
Gifty
Michael Holub
Interviewer
Derrick Damjanovic
Chris
After a tightly wound but promising Ivy League graduate moves back in with her disappointed mother in their Section 8 apartment, she is forced to babysit a peculiar and precocious child and consequently helps him manage his bullies as well as her own.
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