Brothers Max and Jay are a team when it comes to protecting themselves and their mother from their abusive father which simply means trying to keep their heads down and create their art. But when they hear a girl in trouble in the woods after school one day, the boys intervene and severely beat their high school's star soccer player--unable to stop their anger. They soon realize that everything about the situation is not what it appears to be, and they find their college dreams in jeopardy. The brothers must draw on their Bribri roots to face the truth about what happened and who they are as men and brothers.