SYNOPSIS:

The first short film of a 4 part series. Marcus lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A musical violin prodigy looking for a chance to leave the projects and street life behind. Marcus has to come home everyday day to face his drug addict mother and help her in anyway he can. Seeing his mother like this makes him constantly rethink the life he is currently living. He knows deep down there is a better life for him out there. Marcus and his friend Jeremy have a run in with some other gentlemen. Jeremy is gunned down and Marcus is left severely beaten. Detectives continuously question Marcus hoping he can help them solve the murder but to their bad news, someone else takes matter into his own hands. At school Marcus meets a beautiful white girl named Alecia. They meet up a few times after school and hit it off. Alecias ex boyfriend Ricky doesn’t like that at all. Ricky is a tough street kid that always seems to get into trouble. He confronts Marcus a couple of times and they end up in a fight. Now Marcus has to watch his back, not only from the rival gangs in his own neighborhood but now from his peers. One night while sitting at home, some people pull up in a car outside of his house and shoots the place up. Marcus survives without a scratch but doesn’t know who it was. He’s not even sure if he’ll ever find out.

INNER-CITY TALES