Phillip Edward Van Lear
A man released from prison is torn between a life of crime and a fresh start with a woman he meets while scoping out a potential heist.
Tom Jacobs is Mr Christmas! He's built an entire business around helping clients find the perfect gift. But what happens when he falls for one lucky recipient?
Chronicles a single day in the summer of 1989 when the future president of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady on an epic first date across Chicago's South Side.
A high school senior must choose between enrolling at the college of her dreams and remaining at home to take care of her bipolar mother.
Dave McGuiness is about to propose to his longtime girlfriend, but before he does he'll embark on an epic journey across South Chicago to discover whether or not he's ready for a life of marriage.
A day in the life of a Chicago cab driver is examined as he picks up fares from the good and bad parts of the city and emotionally connects to many of his passengers.
Earl Pilcher Jr., runs an equipment rental outfit in Arkansas, lives with his wife and kids and parents, and rarely takes off his gimme cap. His mother dies, leaving a letter explaining he's not her natural son, but the son of a Black woman who died in childbirth; plus, he has a half brother Ray, in Chicago, she wants him to visit. Earl makes the trip, initially receiving a cold welcome from Ray and Ray's son, Virgil. His birth mother's sister, Aunt T., an aged and blind matriarch, takes Earl in tow and insists that the family open up to him.
A hostage taking goes slowly, horribly wrong. A sour note for the Thieves Quartet.
