Across Dot Ave
renovation, too much work at his Wall Street firm and a demanding wife who is always willing to add to the tension. To make things worse, Kevin is called home to Dorchester, MA, a tough working class neighborhood of south Boston where he roamed the streets in his teen years with a gang of marauding neo-Nazi skinheads. One fateful night all those years ago, Kevin left a party early. The “preppie” scene wasn't for him. More importantly, he wanted to make it home in time to get a call from the lovely and sophisticated Danielle, his college crush. This seemingly unimportant decision changed the path of his entire life—violence erupted at the party, Kevin’s skinhead buddies were responsible. Instead of doing hard time for murder, Kevin headed back to college and the girl of his dreams. His friends were not so lucky. Kevin made it out of Dorchester and never looked back, but now trouble is once again brewing on Dot Ave.… Kevin’s kid sister Sarah has dropped out of school and is hanging out with the wrong crowd. His father Tommy, frustrated by his demeaning job, is drinking hard again. His mother Colleen isn’t complaining, but it looks like she might have had a black eye recently. Straight-laced Bethy, his older sister, can’t stand that Kevin left the family for a life in New York and wants to make him miserable at every turn. His inspirational Aunt Sarah is suffering from lung cancer—a sad but expected side effect from years of work at the local wire factory. If that’s not enough, the ghosts arrive, one by one...Sully, once his best friend, is fresh out of jail and arrives late one night for an unexpected visit. Owen, the de facto leader of the skinhead gang, seems to be getting dangerously close to Kevin’s sister Sarah. Jimmy, who was lucky enough to beat the murder rap, is now a dangerous drug dealer who shoots first and then asks questions. With no one to turn to but himself, will Kevin find a way to come to terms with the troubled past he tried so hard to leave behind? Can he mend his relationship with the friend that once meant so much to him? Can he prevent his beloved sister from going down the same violent path he once took? Can he finally understand what family, friendship, honor and self respect truly mean? Based on a true story, Across Dot Ave. is stark, violent and brutally honest—a portrait of racist skinheads, troubled families and people who have given up on their dreams and themselves. |
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