BlackWoman is abandoned in a cage in the middle of the desert and left to die. But she is not ready to give up all hope. She escapes, and walks through pestilence and persecution, from desert to mountain to city, to find those who left her to die.
After the sudden passing of their mother, the Pereira family siblings come together after more than a year of separation. The youngest, Belinda convinces the others to witness their mother's cremation. The family spends the holidays fighting over what to do with mom's ashes.