Synopsis
An ordinary public housing project with no more problems than most wakes up one morning in a state of siege.The kids from the "Bluebell" projects have spent all night warring with the police.
Why? Because a 16-year-old boy, Abdel Ichah, is at death's door after being beaten up under questioning by a police officer.
One more case of police brutality, one more riot.
Among these kids blinded by HATE for the system are three homeboys : Hubert, Said and Vinz. Together they're about to live the most important day of their lives. Because today there aren't just three of them, there are four.
There's Said, struggling to get by on nickel-and-dime dope deals that keep turning sour. There's Hubert, convinced that keeping the peace is the only way for the community to survive.
There's Vinz, who thinks the only key to survival is HATE.
And there's the fourth hero of our story: the gleaming, chrome-plated Smith & Weston 44 which a plainclothes policeman is reported to have lost somewhere on the projects during the rioting.
Twenty-four hours in the life of the projects and the kids who live there.
Twenty-four hours to find a solution to the HATE that keeps both sides at each other's throats.
Because if killing a cop with his own gun isn't the answer.... Then what is?
