Centers on Cece, a single mother battling poverty and eviction while raising a sick son. Her brother Dante, fresh from prison, returns, mirroring Cece's struggles.
Kaleab and Jemal are two who are willing to endure any travail to reach America and what they deem as a promise of a better life, but is it? Along the way Kaleab meets Winta, who is from neighboring Eritrea and on a similar journey as Kaleab. Kaleab and Winta fall in love with each other as the...