After making its way through theaters and film festivals, the independent drama Dreams is now available on DVD and video on demand.
Set in the Chicago area, the film follows four people trying to move beyond lives shaped by abuse, failure and fractured relationships. Mia wants to become a singer. Quentin is pursuing dance. Paalo hopes to repair his relationship with his daughter, while Alonzo is searching for a way back to his family.
Their stories gradually intersect as each character discovers that ambition alone cannot erase the past. Complicating matters is Donte, a local criminal whose influence threatens to pull them further from the lives they are trying to build.
Writer-director Joel Kapity uses those overlapping stories to examine the difference between dreaming about change and confronting everything that made change difficult in the first place. The film deals with forgiveness, family and the consequences of leaving old wounds untreated, but it does not pretend redemption arrives without discomfort.
Dreams stars Joshlyn Camille Lomax, Thomas Mikal Ford, Syesha Mercado, Geoffrey Owens, Terri J. Vaughn, Angie Stone and Marvin Winans Jr. The Chicago-shot drama gives its central stories enough room to collide, unravel and begin moving toward something better.
The film was originally released in 2013 and is now available for home viewing.