
It's not like things are black and white.
Plot outline
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Cast
- Karina Arroyave
- Dato Bakhtadze
- Sandra Bullock
- Don Cheadle
- Art Chudabala
- Sean Cory Cooper
- Tony Danza
- Keith David
- Loretta Devine
- Matt Dillon
- Jennifer Esposito
- Ime Etuk
- Eddie J. Fernandez
- William Fichtner
- Howard Fong
- Brendan Fraser
- Billy Gallo
- Ken Garito
- Nona Gaye
- Octavio Gómez Berríos
- James Haggis
- Terrence Howard
- Sylva Kelegian
- Daniel Dae Kim
- Bruce Kirby
- Ludacris
- Jayden Lund
- Jack McGee
- Amanda Moresco
- Thandie Newton
- Martin Norseman
- Joe Ordaz
- Greg Joung Paik
- Michael Peña
- Yomi Perry
- Ryan Phillippe
- Alexis Rhee
- Ashlyn Sanchez
- Molly Schaffer
- Paul E. Short
- Marina Sirtis
- Bahar Soomekh
- Allan Steele
- Kate Super
- Larenz Tate
- Glenn Taranto
- Beverly Todd
- Shaun Toub
- Kathleen York
- Curt Clendenin
- Taber Cross
- Alastair Douglas
- Nicholas George Stark
Plots
Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.
Over a thirty-six hour period in Los Angeles, a handful of disparate people's lives intertwine as they deal with the tense race relations that belie life in the city. Among the players are: the Caucasian district attorney, who uses race as a political card; his Caucasian wife, who, having recently been carjacked by two black men, believes that her stereotypical views of non-whites is justified and cannot be considered racism; the two black carjackers who use their race both to their advantage and as an excuse; partnered Caucasian police constables, one who is a racist and uses his authority to harass non-whites, and the other who hates his partner because of those racist views, but who may have the same underlying values in his subconscious; a black film director and his black wife, who believes her husband doesn't support their black background enough, especially in light of an incident with the racist white cop; partnered police detectives and sometimes lovers, one Hispanic female and the other black male, the latter who is dealing with a drugged out mother that feels he isn't concerned enough about taking care of family; an East Asian man who is run over but who is hiding some valuable cargo in the back of his van; a Persian store owner, who feels he isn't getting satisfaction from American society when his store is robbed time and time again; and a Hispanic locksmith, who just wants to keep his family, especially his young daughter, safe in a seemingly unsafe world.
Several stories interweave during two days in Los Angeles involving a collection of inter-related characters, a police detective with a drugged out mother and a thieving younger brother, two car thieves who are constantly theorizing on society and race, the white district attorney and his irritated and pampered wife, a racist white veteran cop (caring for a sick father at home) who disgusts his more idealistic younger partner, a successful Hollywood director and his wife who must deal with the racist cop, a Persian-immigrant father who buys a gun to protect his shop, a Hispanic locksmith and his young daughter who is afraid of bullets, and more.