Eddy C. Dyer

A native young girl from the South moves in with her relatives in a Los Angeles ghetto. At first she is made fun of, but eventually she is accepted and plots to rob a bank to raise bail money for her new boyfriend, who is a jailed drug dealer. (imdb)

An African-American's barbershop serves as the neighborhood meeting place for all sorts of interesting characters, much to the disgust of his mother.