Based on the events surrounding the race riots in 1991 in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York when a black child was hit by a car driven by a Hasidic Jew. Two leaders from the Jewish and African-American communities in the area join forces to try to re-establish peace and create a forum

Based on the events surrounding the race riots in 1991 in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York when a black child was hit by a car driven by a Hasidic Jew. Two leaders from the Jewish and African-American communities in the area join forces to try to re-establish peace and create a forum between opposing sides.