Martina, a woman in her mid 40s finds herself in a pool of regret after selling her beloved cat to pay off her gambling debt. Living hostel to hostel and having $50 to her name, she feels defeated. This all changes after the purchase of two cigarettes and a scratchcard.
Melissa Thompson
Martina
Missy
The Cat
Douglas Coleman
The Old Man
Dylan Spano
Convenice Store Worker
Trisha Spicer
Hostel Receptionist
Martina, a woman in her mid 40s finds herself in a pool of regret after selling her beloved cat to pay off her gambling debt. Living hostel to hostel and having $50 to her name, she feels defeated. This all changes after the purchase of two cigarettes and a scratchcard.
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
A hard-living salesman becomes a quadriplegic after an accident.
Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-millionaire for a visit. The town lays out the red carpet expecting big things from Carla, only to learn that her sole purpose is to see Serge Miller killed...
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.
Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles with family problems and has his friendships tested by racism.
Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse under his wing, Mouse soon finds himself torn between the straight-and-narrow and a road filled with fast money and violence.
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband.