When her husband is sentenced to eight years in prison, Ruby drops out of medical school in order to focus on her husband's well-being while he's incarcerated - leading her on a journey of self-discovery in the process.
This film is about a particular African-American experience, true, but it's also about the human experience. It will haunt you. It should.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
19 Oct 2012
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This is a tough-minded story of change that happens in almost imperceptibly tiny increments - as true growth so often does in reality.
– Lisa Schwarzbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct 2012
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[A] hushed, tenderly observant drama about a young woman trying to do right by herself and her marriage while her husband is in prison.
– Lisa Kennedy,
Denver Post,
30 Nov 2012
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Made by a black American woman, about a black American woman, it's a study of a culture where the matriarchs are strong by necessity and trapped by circumstance - adrift in the middle of nowhere.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
8 Feb 2013
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A film remarkably true to life's haphazard rhythms.