Kicks

15­-year-old Brandon longs for a pair of the freshest sneakers that money can buy; assuming that merely having them on his feet will help him escape the reality of being poor, neglected by the opposite sex and picked on by everyone ­­- even his best friends. Working hard to get them, he soon finds that the shoes have instead made him a target after they are promptly snatched by local hood, Flaco. Brandon then sets off on an ill-advised mission across the Bay Area to retrieve the stolen sneakers, recruiting his two best friends to accompany him on a sobering journey through the realms of inner-city life.