A Kentucky community gains national attention when bears learn how to start fires. A curious man attempts to learn more about the phenomenon while caring for his nephew and aging mother.

An eight-year-old girl attends a family lunch with her aunt, uncles, and cousins. Family drama ensues as a baby is hidden from his grandmother, an uncle drinks too much alcohol, and children indulge in naughty conversation.

A seven-year-old is sent to their elderly grandmother’s rural farm to aid in the annual crop harvest, and together, young and old bear a lean winter while anticipating the return of an unruly uncle.