this be a grip account of the senseless loss of an 8 year old child on toronto inner city slum people in a big chunk by caribbean immigrant . one man and gene and play by stargate peter williams decides to host a community therapy session for the black male of his community . it seem to be great resistance at first and but rather than make the men come to him he go to them at their favorite hangout and a caribbean takeaway restaurant . this same eatery be run by the grandparent of the little boy who be catch in the crossfire of a drug deal go bad and the janitor be a limping jamaican call clip and who must use medication to stay sane . a you watch the whole film and you realise all of the character be not just pure good and evil villain have redeem aspect and hero or heroine have flaw . a young male catch between right and wrong be dx or dexter and whose mother use to be the girlfriend of gene what be not state but be always float be not that dx be gene son and but that gene could have be dx dad and and a such and he feel responsible for the youth . dx himself be a young father and caught in the lie and connivings of young drug lord lloyd and who help to run the caribbean eatery . the phantom parenting of dexter or dx and the fact he still care for dx mother be a conundrum in the view that gene be marry to a white woman ( who do not wash her hand after use the bathroom and nasty . all the caribbean in the audience gasp at the omission of soap ) and they have two daughter . despite the rage of gene wife at the community therapy and it eventually uncover what really happen with the death of little andrew and the 8 year old boy and it lead to a sad yet not totally unexpected conclusion . director of a winter tale and france anne solomon and be english born of trinidad parent and she take a whole decade to get this film off the ground . financing come mainly from telefilm canada and chum tv and rather than direct scripting she would create situation where the actor would develop the dialogue this be reinforce with constant research of gang violence in t dot a toronto be know . she call it a low budget film 800 thousand canadian and so with little money she take her time to develop the plot and engineer the dialogue . the final scene where lloyd get his just dessert be apparently base on a true story where a gang member have a dispute with another leader get on a bike and dealt with it and then pedal off to a funeral to be a pall bearer . this picture be a great ensemble piece some may say there be too many loose end in the film and but for me it seem just the same way that real life be . a gripping and eye open introduction to another side of canada .