Louie Kritski is a heartless landlord who has been so negligent in keeping up his ghetto apartment that he is threatened with jail time. The judge gives him another option…

After a long time in the army, an Afro-American soldier returns to his hometown, where, years ago, his brother was executed for the rape and murder of two white girls….

As Told by Ginger focuses on middle schooler Ginger Foutley who, with her friends, tries to become more than a social geek.