
Elijah has been bounced from group home to group home throughout his turbulent young life. What has sustained him is his art. After a promised scholarship is taken away, Elijah ends up in a fight that result in the death of another boy. Now, sentenced to a minimum of fifteen years, the young man must find a way to keep his soul alive behind bars or turn into a hardened bitter criminal.

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Elijah Dixon

Mary J. Blige
Mom

Harold Perrineau
Uncle Cee

Fat Joe
Big Pete

Ian 'Blaze' Kelly
Inmate
Eric McCollum
Thomas Wilson
Denee Rivera
Jolie Martinez
Justin 'DJ' Spaulding
Young Elijah

Javier Nunez
Eugene

Elvis Costello
Public Defender / Teacher

Fisher Stevens
Prosecutor

Snow
Officer McIntyre

Nine Days and One Morning
Nine Days and One Morning
Grete Minde
Grete Minde

Pay It Forward
Pay It Forward

Bunnylovr
Bunnylovr

Big Girls Don't Cry
Big Girls Don't Cry

Mauri
Mauri

The Taste of Others
The Taste of Others

Never Mind the Wall
Never Mind the Wall

The Wonders
The Wonders

Radit and Jani
Radit and Jani

Lu-To
Lu-To
Mrs Winkler Leaves the House
Mrs Winkler Leaves the House