Dave Johnson and his wife, Clarice, appear to have it all, but she has ignored his needs while she pursues a real-estate career. Then a car accident and shifting affections test their bond. As temptation tugs at Dave and Clarice pulls farther away, they must confront whether their vows are or are not easily broken.
The movie chronicles the rise and moral destruction of genteel African American crime lord Ellsworth ‘Bumpy’ Johnson, the former king of the 1930’s Harlem numbers racket and their fights with Dutch Schultz who is trying to horn in on their numbers racket.
Worldly-famous-singer-pretend-a-nun Deloris is asked back to the convent to teach a parochial school choir. But bad news keep coming to her, teaching uninterested students is not fun, and knowing that the school is due to be closed is not, either.
A black uniformed policeman is recruited by a devious drug enforcement agent to infiltrate a smuggling organization seeking to expand into designer drugs. This ‘ugly side of the war on drugs’ explores the context of race, identity and hypocrisy within a brutal and alienating investigation.
A cocky, up-and-coming attorney, begrudgingly takes on a case to sue the Archdiocese of New Orleans for sex discrimination; after a woman, who’s desperate to become a priest, solicits his help.