Having known each other since childhood, two ardent young lovers in early-1970s Harlem, the nineteen-year-old, Tish (KiKi Layne), and her twenty-two-year-old self-made sculptor beau, Fonny(Stephan James) have all the time in the world to plan their shared future. However, a hideous crime on the other side of the town paired with a flagrant abuse of power will have a wrongfully accused Fonny singled out at a police line-up, incarcerating him for an atrocity he didn't commit. Now, an unending lone quest for justice begins, as life's unstoppable force blesses both saints and sinners. But, is love enough against the injustice of a cruel world?

(Near Riverside Park) 12th Avenue and West 135th Street, Harlem.

Sharon Rivers Apartment, 422 St Nicholas Avenue (btw West 130th & 132nd Streets) Harlem.

Minetta Street (btw Minetta Lane and Bleecker Street) Manhattan.

Malcolm X Blvd (btw West 122nd and 123rd Streets) Harlem.

El Quijote Restaurant, 226 West 23rd Street (btw 7th and 8th Avenues) Manhattan.

Bergdorf Goodman Store, 754 5th Avenue and West 58th Street, Manhattan.

Stuyvesant Square, 2nd Avenue (btw East 15th & 17th Streets) Manhattan.

Showman's Jazz Club, 375 West 125th Street and St Nicholas Avenue, Harlem.