Two attorneys, one Black man and one white man look back over their lives and navigate racial tension and stereotypes as they compete for the same partnership position at their prestigious law firm, which has just nabbed the two biggest cases in the firm’s history.

SYNOPSIS:

Bill O'Neil and Ben Turner are both young attorneys vying for a coveted partnership in their prestigious law firm of Wayne, Rothstein, and Lincoln. When the firm catches two major cases--a rape case against a white NBA star who allegedly raped a black stripper, and a murder case against a black rapper who allegedly killed a gay couple and two policemen--Bill O'Neil and Ben Turner are tasked to win these next to impossible case. Ben and Bill have to grapple with their own set of morals, integrity, and the interwoven racial elements that will lead them to reflect on their own lives, relationships, and abilities to defend their high-profile clients.

Ben, a black pedigreed attorney, is "too black" to be considered equal by his bigoted white firm, yet many in the black community believe he acts "too white" to be accepted by theirs.

Bill is white, yet the neighborhood he grew up in didn't accept him, either. He may have lived in the same poverty, but his race made him a pariah in the Queensbridge housing projects. Bill's client, Johnny Alfieri, is an NBA superstar accused of raping Sophia, a stripper who refuses to take quick cash and disappear. But the real question in Bill's "he said/she said" case is not whether Alfieri committed the rape, but whether the prosecution can prove it. It's the color of their skin that the firm uses as a way to "control" Ben and Bill's actions in a tale of bigots, racial inequality, crimes, and defending those considered innocent until proven guilty unless the color of their skin says otherwise.

BLACK AND WHITE