 This gritty urban drama focuses on the victimization of a child by the desperate inhabitants of his community. Mitchell is a ten-year-old boy getting ready for school, listening to his mother (Nayomi) and her sleazy associate (Lisa) planning a murder. Mitchell misses the bus and is nabbed by a psychotic drug dealer (Chris) who terrorizes Mitchell into running drugs and money. Characters appear, disappear and reappear, weaving a sinister village raising an innocent child. Hand-held cameras follow Mitchell through the most critical day of his development, capturing the rich murals and graffiti art of downtown L.A. Mitchell s misadventure in crime intersects with his mothers  in a murder that goes all wrong. Everyone involved starts going down with Mitchell being the next in line.