Five Black women band together to stop a gang from openly selling drugs in the courtyard of their housing project, risking their lives to save their children.

SYNOPSIS:

VONDA GRIMES (33) is fed up. It’s 1994. In a mid-sized Rust Belt city, crack is openly sold in the courtyard of her housing project. When one dealer tries to recruit her 12-year-old son, Vonda and her friends swing into action. Facing an indifferent mayor and an overwhelmed police force, the women gain the attention of a reporter, who exposes the drug trade. But an impending gang war and the upcoming mayoral election complicate their efforts. And even if successful, will their achievement be short-lived? Or cost free? THE AMEN SISTERHOOD is the story of five women risking their lives to make a difference and protect their children.