Alors que Jimmy Keene commence à purger une peine de dix ans de prison, on lui propose un marché étonnant : s'il peut obtenir les aveux du tueur présumé Larry Hall, il sera libéré. Accomplir cette mission devient le défi d'une vie.

A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.

Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Steve James’ fascinating and complex portrait of contemporary Chicago delivers a deep, multifaceted look into the soul of a quintessentially American city, set against the backdrop of its history-making 2019 mayoral election, and the tumultuous 2020 summer of COVID-19 and social upheaval following the police killing of George Floyd.