The film deals with the criminal ways and violent lives of a group of modern-day Gypsies based in New York City, following the grandson (Eric Roberts) of a Gypsy king (Sterling Hayden) who inherits the New York clan ahead of his father (Judd Hirsch), who tries to kill him.
Cheyenne, a retired rock star living off his royalties in Dublin, returns to New York City to find the man responsible for a humiliation suffered by his recently deceased father during W.W.II.
The film follows a school teacher, who stands up and fights against the backdrop of a lawsuit in his school: giving diplomas to illiterate students. Meanwhile, he also uses his heart to teach his students and inspire them.
A small group of dissident survivors who, caught behind enemy lines, must use a radio to broadcast a message of hope to fellow survivors.
Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.