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After being released from prison in 1994, free-spirited young mother Inez (Tenaya Taylor) kidnaps her young son, Terry, from an abusive situation in foster care. Mother and son then embark on a journey through New York to try and start their new lives.

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After being released from prison in 1994, free-spirited young mother Inez (Tenaya (Teyana Taylor) kidnaps her young son, Terry, from an abusive situation in foster care. Mother and son then embark on a journey through New York to try and start their new lives.

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* ButNotTooBlack: Discussed. Inez accuses Lucky of preferring another woman, Lisa, for being lighter-skinned than her.


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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Inez leaves Terry/Darryl, potentially forever (though she promises it won't be) and she's now escaped from the police. He's left without a home, ''but'' he's clearly grown up to be well-adjusted with a bright future ahead of him, and Inez says she feels like she "won" because of that.]]
* ButNotTooBlack: Discussed. Inez accuses Lucky of preferring another woman, Lisa, for being lighter-skinned than her.

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* OutlawCouple: Lucky and Inez were this; both of them have been in prison, with Inez saying she went to prison multiple times for him.

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* OutlawCouple: Lucky and Inez were this; both of them have been in prison, with Inez saying she went to prison multiple times for him.him
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Inez isn't Terry/Daryl's real mother. She found him on the street outside the homeless shelter and took him with her.]]
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* OutlawCouple: Lucky and Inez were this; both of them have been in prison, with Inez saying she went to prison multiple times for him. She breaks up with him after he says he didn't sign up to parent Terry and have a very on/off relationship.

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* OutlawCouple: Lucky and Inez were this; both of them have been in prison, with Inez saying she went to prison multiple times for him. She breaks up with him after he says he didn't sign up to parent Terry and have a very on/off relationship.
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* FriendsLikeFamily: Even when Inez's friends grow irritated with her, nobody ever reports her for abducting Terry/Daryl.
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* ButNotTooBlack: Discussed. Inez accuses Lucky of preferring another woman, Lisa, for being lighter-skinned than her.
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* OutlawCouple: Lucky and Inez were this; both of them have been in prison, with Inez saying she went to prison multiple times for him. She breaks up with him after he says he didn't sign up to parent Terry.

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* OutlawCouple: Lucky and Inez were this; both of them have been in prison, with Inez saying she went to prison multiple times for him. She breaks up with him after he says he didn't sign up to parent Terry.Terry and have a very on/off relationship.
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* FreeRangeChildren: Inez doesn't have a choice but to leave Terry/Daryl home alone for long periods of time, as she has no family and nobody to watch him.

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* FreeRangeChildren: Inez doesn't have a choice but to leave Terry/Daryl home alone for long periods of time, as she has no family and nobody to watch him.him.
* OutlawCouple: Lucky and Inez were this; both of them have been in prison, with Inez saying she went to prison multiple times for him. She breaks up with him after he says he didn't sign up to parent Terry.
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* BigApplesauce: New York is rapidly gentrified and chaotic.
* FreeRangeChildren: Inez doesn't have a choice but to leave Terry/Daryl home alone for long periods of time, as she has no family and nobody to watch him.
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A 2023 drama, it was released by Creator/FocusFeaatures and is A.V. Rockwell's debut film.

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A 2023 drama, it was released by Creator/FocusFeaatures Creator/FocusFeatures and is A.V. Rockwell's debut film.
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After being released from prison in 1994, free-spirited young mother Inez (Tenaya Taylor) kidnaps her young son, Terry, from an abusive situation in foster care. Mother and son then embark on a journey through New York to try and start their new lives.

A 2023 drama, it was released by Creator/FocusFeaatures and is A.V. Rockwell's debut film.

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