9th Ward是美國紐奧良市極具傳奇色彩的街區，獨特的文化氛圍和親密的鄰里關係，孕育著一代代紐奧良文化的傳承者，有著音樂天賦的高中生Aurora便是其中一位。但她也和其他很多生活在以黑人為主的社區的孩子們一樣，承受著歷史和制度對黑人社區的不公所帶來的困擾甚至是威脅，而Katrina颶風更是讓9th Ward原本脆弱的社區生態雪上加霜。青梅竹馬的表哥曾和她一樣在學校名列前茅，但如今卻身負著惡性謀殺...

Follows a troubled couple and their daughter who go on vacation to an isolated house in the Louisiana bayou to reconnect as a family. But when unexpected visitors arrive, the unity starts to unravel....