A former student is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, the student struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.

Filmmaker Freida Lee Mock explores the life and work of playwright Tony Kushner. Starting in 2001, when Kushner was mounting the production of his play Homebody/Kabul and running through 2004, as he worked on John Kerry's presidential campaign, got married to Mark Harris, worked with Maurice Sendak, and opened the Broadway musical Caroline, or Change.