En 1989, Lou, gérante d'un gym, rencontre Jackie, une culturiste ambitieuse souhaitant se rendre à Las Vegas pour y réaliser ses rêves. Les deux femmes tombent éperdument amoureuses, mais la violence familiale dont Lou est issue finit par les rattraper: son beau-frère qui violente sa soeur, son père qui mène une entreprise de stand de tir, sa mère absente. Alors que Jackie se met à prendre des stéroïdes, elle voit sa force décupler à mesure que le couple s'enfonce dans les ennuis.
Le fugitif Jesse Pinkman tente d'échapper à son passé.
Inspired by a true story, “Beyond the Blackboard” is about a 24-year-old first-time teacher who makes a difference in the lives of the homeless children she teaches in a shelter’s makeshift classroom. Set in 1987 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this movie tells the story a brand-new teacher and Mom who is given a tougher than expected teaching job and winds up teaching homeless children in a school that is housed in a room and called, literally, The School with No Name. She has some personal prejudicial hurdles to cross before she is able to be a true teacher for these children and of course there are hurdles like the lack of books and supplies.
Cole Armin comes to Albuquerque to work for his uncle, John Armin, a despotic and hard-hearted czar who operates an ore-hauling freight line, and whose goal is to eliminate a competing line run by Ted Wallace and his sister Celia. Cole tires of his uncle's heavy-handed tactics and switches over to the Wallace side. Lety Tyler, an agent hired by the uncle, also switches over by warning Cole and Ted of a trap set for them by the uncle and his henchman.
During a layover in Albuquerque, work colleagues Les and Natalie discover more about each other than they ever thought possible. Anxious and irritable, Les is drawn back into the city by past experiences he can’t forget (even if he doesn't really remember the particulars of his previous drunken adventure). Natalie, refusing to leave his side, follows along as her own secrets are slowly revealed, leaving her feeling both vulnerable and unbound.
A girl journeys to a secluded lake to summon a vampire.