Bushwick
- -In a Brooklyn neighborhood, 20-year-old Lucy and war veteran Stupe must cross a treacherous five blocks to escape an invading military force.
In a Brooklyn neighborhood, 20-year-old Lucy and war veteran Stupe must cross a treacherous five blocks to escape an invading military force.
Set in Harlem in 1987, claireece "Precious" Jones is a 16-year-old African American girl born into a life no one would want. She's pregnant for the second time by her absent father; at home, she must wait hand and foot on her mother, an angry woman who abuses her emotionally and physically. School is chaotic and Precious has reached the ninth grade with good marks and a secret..she can't read.
Small-town boy Shawn MacArthur has come to New York City with nothing. Barely earning a living selling counterfeit goods on the streets, his luck changes when scam artist Harvey Boarden sees that he has a natural talent for streetfighting. When Harvey offers Shawn help at making the real cash, the two form an uneasy partnership.