An underprivileged, gifted young black man from Newark reaches Yale University, only for shadows and injustices from his past to threaten his future.
Jay Will
as Robert DeShaun Peace
Mary J. Blige
as Jackie Peace
Chiwetel Ejiofor
as Robert E. 'Skeet' Douglas
Camila Cabello
as Naya
Michael Kelly
as Edwin Leahy
Mare Winningham
as Professor Durham
Gbenga Akinnagbe
as Carl
Juan Castano
as Oswaldo Gutierrez
Will Fitz
as College Freshman
Lori Hammel
as Jury Foreperson
Benjamin Papac
as Jeff Hobbs
Ian Duff
as Sherman