A sensitive, low-key portrait of the East Bay Activity Center, a school in Oakland, California, started in the 1950s to help emotionally disturbed children. The atmospheric documentary opens with hilly East Bay streets shrouded in fog. The mist lifts as the film moves to children at play. Often shown in unobtrusive close-up, the youngsters appear as thinking individuals, enjoying the swings, puzzling out problems, or interacting with their teacher in the classroom.

It's 1964, and mod Billy returns home from a violent encounter on Brighton beach. His dad tries to talk to him about it, and they realise they have more in common than they thought.

Qing Ping is her mistress's best and most obedient weapon. However, she is also harboring deep feelings for her. When Bai Wei gives her the latest assignment, can she complete it?