Yolanda Coney-Sophus

Chris is a teenager growing up as the eldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York during the early 1980s. Uprooted to a new neighborhood and bused to a predominantly white middle school two-hours away by his strict, hard-working parents, Chris struggles to find his place while keeping his siblings in line at home and surmounting the challenges of junior high.

A group of people starts a money pyramid scheme. As they start to make major money, jealousy and greed enter the picture. Their friendships are tested when they start to turn on each other.