Elijah has been bounced from group home to group home throughout his turbulent young life. What has sustained him is his art. After a promised scholarship is taken away, Elijah ends up in a fight that result in the death of another boy. Now, sentenced to a minimum of fifteen years, the young man must find a way to keep his soul alive behind bars or turn into a hardened bitter criminal.
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Elijah Dixon
Mary J. Blige
Mom
Harold Perrineau
Uncle Cee
Fat Joe
Big Pete
Ian 'Blaze' Kelly
Inmate
Javier Nunez
Eugene
Elvis Costello
Public Defender / Teacher
Fisher Stevens
Prosecutor
Snow
Officer McIntyre
Danny Hoch
Harris
Bobbito Garcia
Brown
Hassan Johnson
Jay
Jamie Hector
Phone Kid
Mateo Gómez
Mr. Gonzalez
Ryan Toby
Teacher's Assistant
N.O.R.E.
Big Ski
Patrick McDade
Mr. Lloyd (as Pat McDade)
Jamie Tirelli
Mr. Mercer
Michael Sean Tighe
Cop #1
Nick Sullivan
Financial Aid Advisor
Fidel Vicioso
Polaroid Guy
Gloria Irizarry
Mrs. Williamson
Charles Malik Whitfield
Officer Welles
Ephraim Benton
Rahmel
Vincenzo Amato
Store Owner
Cesar de León
Tyrone
Seth William Meier
Laser Cop #2 (as Seth Meier)
Brian Anthony Wilson
Prison C.O. (as Brian A. Wilson)
Patrick Morrison
Shareholder C.O.
Tony Devon
Prison Guard Lawrence
Kash Goins
Mike (Inmate)
Dakota Anderson
Inmate (uncredited)
Luna Lauren Velez
Prison Counselor (uncredited)
John Wooten
Prisoner (uncredited)