This film follows four African-American boys, from the violent inner-city of Baltimore, as they travel to the Baraka School in rural Kenya.

African-American boys have a high chance of being incarcerated or killed before they reach adulthood. In Baltimore, one of the country's most poverty-stricken areas for inner-city residents, the Baraka School project was founded to break the cycle of violence through an innovative education program that literally removed young boys from low-performing public schools and unstable home environments. This film follows four boys as they travel with their classmates to rural Kenya in East Africa, where a teacher-student ratio of one to five, a strict disciplinary program and a comprehensive curriculum form the core of an extraordinary new phase in their transformation to men. Winner of awards at the Newport, Chicago and SILVERDOCS Film Festivals. By Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady