1982

The film is set in Philadelphia in 1982. The crack epidemic in the city has only just begun. The man’s daughter is a bright and gifted child. He wants to keep her clear of the epidemic. The danger, though, is not outside but inside the house. The girl’s mother has become an addict. The woman grows more distant and less reliable. The father has to raise his daughter on his own. At the same time he is trying to get his wife clean. Doing both at once turns out to be impossible. He learns things about his marriage he did not know. He learns things about his own life too. What he learns is hard on him. He is tested as a father, as a husband and as a man. The story was drawn from real events. Bokeem Woodbine and Sharon Leal appear in the ninety minute film, an American production Tommy Oliver finished in 2013.