Story :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-TipElijah Dixon
Mary J. BligeMom
Harold PerrineauUncle Cee
Fat JoeBig Pete
Ian 'Blaze' KellyInmate
Eric McCollumThomas Wilson
Denee RiveraJolie Martinez
Justin 'DJ' SpauldingYoung Elijah
Javier NunezEugene
Elvis CostelloPublic Defender / Teacher
Fisher StevensProsecutor
SnowOfficer McIntyre
Joe ParadiseChief Berry
Danny HochHarris
Bobbito GarciaBrown
Hassan JohnsonJay
Clay Da RaiderKT
Casper MartinezC.O. Villar
Jamie HectorPhone Kid
Mateo GómezMr. Gonzalez
Ryan TobyTeacher's Assistant
Peggy A. KirkpatrickGroup Home Counselor
N.O.R.E.Big Ski
Dominique WaltersYoung Thomas (as Dominique 'Lil Nique' Walters)
Jeremy Peter JohnsonLaser Cop
John C. HavensInterviewer
Patrick McDadeMr. Lloyd (as Pat McDade)
Jamie TirelliMr. Mercer
Montay WaltersBig Boy (as Montay 'Tay Boogie' Walters)
Curtis CarrottC.O. Steve (as Curt 'Flirt' Carrott)
Michael Sean TigheCop #1
Douglas CrosbyCop #2 (as Doug Crosby)
Nick SullivanFinancial Aid Advisor
Fidel ViciosoPolaroid Guy
Tomas MellyHector
Marc Freeman HammIsiah
Michael H. IngramElijah's Judge (as Michael Ingram)