In the turbulent 1980s Philadelphia, Ava Carson and her son Toussaint seek refuge at the Glenn Avenue family shelter, enduring dismal conditions and vowing to escape. Their tumultuous past links them with Dutchess, Ava's estranged mother in Alabama, a fierce protector of her land and heritage. When Cass, Toussaint's father, returns with revolutionary ideals, the family is drawn into a vortex of activism and peril. Toussaint's yearning for his ancestral roots intertwines with Ava and Dutchess's struggles, forging a narrative of resilience and the quest for belonging amidst racial and social upheaval.