Crutches

Set in New Jersey in 1957, Vivian, an alcoholic mother, moves her two sons, Robin and Little Von, from the comfort of her mother and father’s middle class home on the hill. She moves with her two boys to the only place she can afford on her own--the Frederick Douglass Projects. Her determination to stay sober last for a short time before she begins to drink again. Her two boys, Robin 15 and Little Von 5, are forced to survive the tough project life virtually on their own.