Jaime Lincoln Smith

A nerdy artist tries to reconcile his life with the rich with that of his working-class neighbors when he moves into a gentrifying area in Brooklyn.

Nya, an inner-city public high school teacher, is committed to her students but desperate to give her only son Omari opportunities they’ll never have. When a controversial incident at his upstate private school threatens to get him expelled, Nya must confront his rage and her own choices as a parent. But will she be able to reach him before a world beyond her control pulls him away?