DeKalb Elementary

A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.

After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.