Midnight's efforts to rescue his wife trigger unexpected consequences that mark his journey into adulthood.

Third-grader Richard and his friends are four days from earning a pizza party for good behavior when a very strict substitute suspects that some of them have been cheating.

In the summer before fifth grade, Ryan Hart continues to grow through changes and challenges, such as waiting for a new baby sister to be born, a summer camp trip, and more.

It is 1983 and Vanessa Martin, a thirteen-year-old African American girl in Newark's public housing, dreams of following in the footsteps of the first black Miss America, Vanessa Williams; but the odds are against her until a new teacher at school organizes a beauty pageant and encourages Vanessa to enter.

A toddler plays peek-a-boo throughout the day.

While a father struggles to reconnect with his estranged son and spiteful ex, his bodyguard brother is invited by three women escorts to consider a job as a male prostitute.

A young African American girl describes the different, wonderful ways she can wear her hair.

Set in a near future version of Queens, N.Y., fifteen-year-old Violetta must participate in the Trials, a series of tests meant to push her to the edge, to atone for causing her sister's death.

Farrah, treated badly by her beau Khalil, falls for his friend Mills, but Mills won't betray his own girlfriend, Jade, even though she is cheating on him with an NBA superstar.