Overview
Elijah has been bounced from group home to group home throughout his turbulent young life. What has sustained him is his art. After a promised scholarship is taken away, Elijah ends up in a fight that result in the death of another boy. Now, sentenced to a minimum of fifteen years, the young man must find a way to keep his soul alive behind bars or turn into a hardened bitter criminal.
Cast
- Q-Tip as Elijah Dixon
- Mary J. Blige as Mom
- Harold Perrineau as Uncle Cee
- Fat Joe as Big Pete
- Ian 'Blaze' Kelly as Inmate
- Eric McCollum as Thomas Wilson
- Denee Rivera as Jolie Martinez
- Justin 'DJ' Spaulding as Young Elijah
- Javier Nunez as Eugene
- Elvis Costello as Public Defender / Teacher