Life, Love, Soul

Kimberly Jackson, a successful attorney, is raising her sons, Roosevelt and his younger brother Clinton, in the affluent Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Roosevelt, a high school senior, is 17, handsome, and talented. His biggest concern is whether to choose Syracuse University or UCLA. Tragedy strikes when an out of control SUV smashes into the Jackson family car, instantly killing Kimberly and Clinton and leaving Roosevelt alone in a world devoid of the love and support he has always known. He moves in with his estranged father, disgruntled construction worker Earl Grant, a man who is ill equipped to raise the son he has never known and nurture him through this tragedy. In spite of the intervention of Earl's wife, there are frequent explosive confrontations between father and son. It isn't until Roosevelt meets Kyna Tate, a new student in his school, that he begins to live again and is ready to establish a relationship with his father. As he begins to piece his life together, however, he is blindsided by another life-altering circumstance.