A city faces ruin against the ruthless acts of Mafia boss Don Carlo. Employing violent and perverted tactics, he’s built a criminal empire on the bodies of anyone who thought they could stop him.
Ria, a seven-year-old girl growing up in a village, is led by her mother to a place where a group of women from her community await her. Here she is mutilated by an unqualified cutter, who completes the cultural FGM-ritual that ensures she will one day be taken as a wife. The child, once old enough, goes on to be forcibly married and moved away from her family to the England. Eventually, Ria seeks help in escaping the life she is trapped in, but the life of her two younger sisters hang in the balance. Can she change her elders' minds and prevent them from being led down the same path? Or will they become three more of 200 million women across the globe whose wings have been crushed by FGM?
Tyler, an independent journalist, pieces together a series of cryptic messages hidden in plain sight around his town that point to a deadly ring involved in kidnapping, murder, and the distribution of snuff films. Meanwhile, local homicide detectives race against time to crack the code before the murder ring (and Tyler) go too far.
After years of running the drug game in his city, King catches a 4 year federal bid. After he's released, he realized the players of in the game have changed. Broke and down on his luck he tries to reclaim his spot as king of the streets. But his greed will cost him his brother's life and have him on the wrong side of a Haitian cartel.
Toddrick Frank, a hustler, living his life until he runs into his ex-girlfriend, Quanita's baby daddy, Tyrone. Afraid for his life, Frank sets out to run out of town until he receives a call from Sage Lee to kill her husband for half a million.
Limmie, an ex high school football star, learns that life after the limelight is full of hardships. His friend Gunny, a notorious street hustler, finds out that going legit is easier said than done. Together they discover that one bad decision can leave you stuck OUT ON A LIM.
Ain't no rules to this street game! Realizing the "Opps" are sometimes closer to you than you thought: who do you trust? Your devious wife, or childhood friends?
Every second is a lifetime. With the four-pound trigger pull, Jared and Sergei - two youths from vastly different backgrounds - become forever linked. From that split second as the hand of the clock hits 8:37, each of their lives veers onto a path that sets the seeds of their mutual destruction. 22 years later, Jared is released from prison for the death of Sergei's father; deeply regretful, he tries to forge ahead into a better life. Sergei, now a professor of mathematics, descends into a guilt-ridden abyss of a revenge-driven obsession. Both men must face their demons; one man might lose his life, the other his sanity.
A strait-laced brother who puts business before family gets embroiled in his gangster brother's life when a bank robbery goes badly awry. The only way to bring his brother's killer to justice is to enter the same life style and hopefully not lose himself in the process. Uncovering truth about family and loyalty along the journey and realizing there are two sides to every story.
Desperate to save his family, a poor Indian boy is coerced by a local kingpin to sell his kidney. When he is cheated out of his money, he vows to steal the criminal's bloody business, for survival and revenge.
In 1978, Rocco "Rocky" Napoli takes control of the family's gambling business from father James "Jimmy Nap" Napoli. Jimmy Nap ran the largest numbers operation in the country for over thirty years. Members of the Genovese crime family, both were arrested in 1988 for the alleged murder plot of Jon Gotti and brother Gene.
John Ryan ends his life of crime to become a detective and repay society for his past misdeeds. He is hired by a mysterious woman to protect her from her possessive ex-husband, who is not only a powerful crime boss, but also John's ex-friend Vincent.
An Afghan war veteran looks to live the quiet life as a small-town police officer. That changes when a group of Russian hackers moves to the area, intending to disrupt the Canadian elections.
Steven, a white teen who moves from the suburbs to Harlem New York . Yummy, a smart and witty teen seizes the opportunity of having a new friend at the forefront of his everyday business transactions. Their friendship is ultimately tested by Steven's attraction to Harlem, Yummy's girlfriend. Steven later betrays Yummy's trust for a shot at true love with Harlem.
Three bruthas born on the same day at the same hospital three minutes apart but never met each other. After 34 years has past the three bruthas meet by Faith and find out all three have something in common.