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, while Quentin is pursuing dance. Paalo hopes to repair his relationship with his daughter. Meanwhile, Alonzo is searching for a way back to his family.
Dreams Follows Four Lives Trying to Change
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 actually confronting what made change difficult in the first place.
As a result, the film deals with forgiveness, family and the consequences of leaving old wounds untreated. However, it does not pretend redemption arrives without discomfort.
A Chicago Drama With a Familiar Cast
Dreams stars Syesha Mercado, Thomas Mikal Ford, Mel Jackson, Jazsmin Lewis, Geoffrey Owens, Terri J. Vaughn, Angie Stone and Marvin Winans Jr.
The Chicago-area drama gives its central stories room to collide, unravel and begin moving toward something better.
Originally released theatrically in 2013, Dreams is now available for home viewing.