A talented track star from Bed Stuy gets a scholarship to a prestigious prep school, where he's thrust into a world of wealth, rivalry, and dangerous temptations

SYNOPSIS:

WHAT IS EXCELSIOR PREP?

WELCOME TO THE TOP PRIVATE SCHOOL IN THE NATION, FOR THE MOST ELITE STUDENTS, LOCATED IN THE UBER EXPENSIVE, IDYLLIC NEIGHBORHOOD OF MANHATTAN’S UPPER EAST SIDE:

THE PRESTIGIOUS EXCELSIOR

WE BOAST A WORLD CLASS ACADEMIC PROGRAM TAUGHT BY LEADING EDUCATORS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS AND AN ATHLETIC PROGRAMS THAT RIVAL OLYMPIC & NCAA SPORTS TEAMS. IN FACT, MANY OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE GONE ON TO BE RECRUITED BY NCAA DIVISION ONE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS AND PLAY IN THE OLYMPICS.

HOWEVER, THE POSH AND POLISHED EXTERIOR HIDES A SCANDALOUS AND DEBAUCHEROUS UNDERBELLY: STUDENTS WHO SELL & TAKE DRUGS, SEX IN BETWEEN CLASS, TEACHER AND STUDENT ROMANCES, ADDICTIONS AND EMBEZZLEMENT.

BASICALLY, YOUR TEEN’S (& YOUR) NEXT (THURSDAY & FRIDAY NIGHT) GUILTY PLEASURE …

THE STORY/ EXTENDED LOGLINE

16 YEAR OLD H.S JUNIOR & TRACK STAR, JAMAL MOHAMMED, RECEIVES A FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP TO EXCELSIOR PREP (THE TOP PRIVATE SCHOOL IN THE NATION), AND IS THRUST INTO THE DECADENT AND SCANDALOUS WORLD OF THE UPPER EAST SIDE ELITE.

JAMAL MUST LEARN TO JUGGLE THE WORLD OF EXCESS, SEX, DRUGS AND CRIME THAT HIDES BEHIND THE CURTAIN AND CORNER OF EXCELSIOR, AS WELL AS, HIS CRIMINAL FATHER, BROTHER AND LOWER INCOME FAMILY & FRIENDS IN BEDSTUY BROOKLYN.

IN ORDER TO TRULY FIT IN AT EXCELSIOR, JAMAL MUST DECIDE IF HE’LL LEAVE HIS FAMILY, NEIGHBORHOOD, AND ROOTS BEHIND.