稚气未除，先成了母亲。抱着初生儿，谢西嘉欲见生母，想知当年被抛弃的原因；佩拉静待男友放监，他对亲生骨肉却视若无睹；雅丽安望寄养孩子继续求学，却遭酗酒母亲反对；朱莉与男友共建家庭前，须先彻底戒除毒瘾；奈玛与婴儿迁进新居，有望找到稳定工作。在庇护之家同一屋檐下，焦虑、恐惧、不安殊途同归，抉择却各有不同。戴丹兄弟的朴实镜头依然冷锐而不乏怜悯，五位年轻妈妈各有清晰轮廓，在社会泥沼中轻唱亦悲亦喜的摇篮曲，活出自己的人生。
Charles Burnett, one of America's most highly regarded independent filmmakers, wrote and directed this domestic drama about a black middle-class family living in South central Los Angeles. However, there are no gangs, no guns, no drugs but instead a lyrical story that draws on folklore and the supernatural. family tensions are already simmering when Harry (Danny Glover) arrives...
