The stress of poverty drives a young man to commit a robbery. But when the deal goes south and someone is shot, he must hide from the law at his brother's place.

A man who has just been released from prison and his criminal father drive around in search of a palm-sized diamond the son had hidden four years earlier.

A son tells a series of stories, most of them about his father and stepfather. As the son describes a robbery that took place at his house in high school and his experiences with his father, a former Jehovah's Witness and current alcoholic, he begins to recall details from his childhood.

In 1940s Louisiana, a young boy watches his father try to combat the racist injustice rampant in their town.

A home invasion brings out the worst in a young boy.

An ex-marine bent on staying the head of his family robs a series of banks to make his mortgage payments until he crashes his car and his three sons--two cops and a prison officer--find the evidence. Rather than go to jail, he shoots himself in the hospital.

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

A high school boy makes a habit of stealing cars, picking up girls, and skipping school. When he begins to worry that he is getting into too much trouble, the boy must decide whether to seek help or continue his criminal lifestyle.

When a violent father receives a call from someone who claims to be his biological brother, he must re-evaluate what family means to him.

A father witnesses fish floating in mid-air for nearly a minute on the lake near his home, and suspects strange goings on in the mountain just beyond it. When his son mysteriously vanishes from prison without a trace, the father endeavors into the mountain to get answers.