Carmen Elly Wilkerson's debut short still packs a punch 30 years after its initial release. Natalie (Lenore Pemberton) works the desk at a Harlem hotel when Jerry (Will Roko) checks in with Sabine (Brittany Stark), a young girl who may or may not be Jerry's child.
Vijay becomes the guardian of his sister's three orphaned kids. Later, the children give shelter to Vaijayanthi, a girl trying to escape an arranged marriage, without their uncle's knowledge.
Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his villainous uncle Scar conspires to take the throne for himself.
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper.