Spit on the Broom

The film explores the history of the United Order of Tents, a clandestine organization of black women in the 1840s, during the height of the Underground Railroad (a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the US during the early to mid-1800s, and used by African-American slaves to escape into free states and Canada).

Awake

The mother of 18-year-old Amon Beckles relives the moments that led to his gang-style murder at the funeral of his best friend.