While Maxine is grappling with personal and professional setbacks, her best friend is scheming to have her run for local office in Far Rockaway. As Maxine and her unconventional election committee navigate race, identity, and gentrification along the trail, a campaign that began as a distraction turns into a mission of vital importance to Maxine and her community.
Set in an alternate future where Roe v. Wade has been overturned, a depressed Black woman, deals with the culture of fear by channeling her rage into violent fantasies.
Desperate for a breakthrough as she nears the big 4-0, struggling New York City playwright Radha finds inspiration by reinventing herself as a rapper.
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
Stacey Sargeant is an actress. She can be seen in the critically acclaimed Netflix film, The Forty-Year-Old Version, and in the third season of Nat Geo's, Genius: Aretha as Dinah Washington. She most guest starred on CBS’ Blue Bloods and had a recurring role on Bull. Her filmmaking debut, Though I'm Not Perfect, an autobiographical documentary short about the physical and psychological dangers of the ballet world to young girls, won the Honolulu Film Award for Best Educational Film.