خلاصه داستان : زندگی جیم و سایر الکلی ها در داخل و خارج از یک جلسه الکلی های گمنام...

At the beginning of a nightly Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, Jim seems particularly troubled. His sponsor encourages him to talk that night, the first time in seven months, so he does - and leaves the meeting right after. As Jim wanders the night, searching for some solace in his old stomping grounds, bars and parks where he bought drugs, the meeting goes on, and we hear the stories of survivors and addicts - some, like Louis, who claim to have wandered in looking for choir practice, who don't call themselves alcoholic, and others, like Joseph, whose drinking almost caused the death of his child - as they talk about their lives at the meeting

خلاصه داستان : در شهرِ روستاییِ لوئیزیانا، جسدِ یک گروهبانِ یکمِ سیاه‌پوست، درست در خارج از پادگانِ محلیِ ارتش، با شلیکِ گلوله پیدا می‌شود. وکیلِ نظامی، کاپیتان دِیونپورت—که خودش نیز سیاه‌پوست است—از واشنگتن برای انجامِ تحقیقات فرستاده می‌شود. او در حالی که با زنجیره‌ی فرماندهیِ ناهمسو و سربازانِ سیاه‌پوستِ هراسان روبرو است، باید در میانِ فریب و تعصب،...

In a rural town in Louisiana, a black Master Sergeant is found shot to death just outside the local Army Base. Military lawyer, Captain Davenport—also a black man—is sent from Washington to conduct an investigation. Facing an uncooperative chain of command and fearful black troops, Davenport must battle with deceit and prejudice in order to find out exactly who really did kill the Master Sergeant.