KATHRYN GRANT, writer
film, tv and theater projects that matter

Evelyn Laverty stands accused of killing her baby. The assigned lawyer, Vincent Heffernan, normally adept, finds himself struggling with her defense, even as his mother and his church-centered, African-American community call for her harsh punishment. Evelyn is a difficult client and Vincent loses compassion as she becomes increasingly more resistant to his efforts to discover the truth and mount a defense. Adding to the static, Vincent’s brother Ray, a recovering addict, falls off the wagon once again. And when Vincent and Evelyn edge ever closer to the truth about her son’s death, Vincent confronts some similarly difficult truths about his mother. As he comes to see how poverty and isolation complicated Evelyn’s mothering choices, he must also come to terms with the ways his mother managed her family in similar circumstances.