A boy wonders who his real friends are.

A black teenage boy experiences a brief and fragile relationship with his Mexican neighbor who recently migrated to the U.S. As two boys who explore their sexuality together, they find solace in their simple yet intimate experiences despite struggles at home with parents.

A sister and her half-brother are suspicious when the boy's father, who was a heroin addict, returns home for a visit. The father's relapse throws their relationship into chaos, but then he bestows a unique gift on the children before he leaves.

At a Blues Festival, a fourteen-year-old boy talks to his father for the first time but does not reveal who he is.

A series of vignettes about various sons along a family tree.

A woman recalls her sexual relationships when she was a teenager in a boarding school, noticing her regression from a passionate and energetic to a cynical and emotionally drained lover.

On his first trip to New York City, a starstruck teenager confronts the trauma of growing up gay in a conservative town.

After their father leaves, two young brothers struggle to remain allies when one of them is bullied and accused of being gay.

In post-World War II Japan, a boy is raised by his frigid father without love and spends the rest of his life endlessly pursuing it.

A Dominican-American boy in modern New York City lusts after his cooler older brother’s beautiful girlfriend. Only in the face of unexpected tragedy does he get to shoot his own shot.