1982
This is the story of an inner-city Black teenager who needs money desperately and must make hard choices about what he is willing to do to get it. Willy's mother works long hours, against the advice of her doctor, and she still can't meet all the family's bills. When Willy volunteers to drop out of school and work, his mother won't allow it. On his own, Willy decides to keep his summer job and pretend that he is going to school. Shortly after school begins, Willy is laid off and he is left trying to find a job when has very few works skills. He meets a job counselor who teaches him the basics of job hunting. But when his mother collapses at work shortly afterward, Willy is tempted to take the easy way out and start dealing drugs in the neighborhood.