In South Central L.A., sixteen-year-old Arnani "Nani" Sinclair is growing up fast in a house full of secrets, scars, and survival. Her father runs the streets, her mother is slipping away, and her brother-once her protector-is unraveling. Behind the designer gates and dollar signs, Nani carries a truth too heavy to speak.
But when secrets start bleeding through the cracks and love shows up where she least expects it, Nani finds herself caught between the life she knows and the freedom she dreams of. Torn between loyalty and liberation, Nani must confront the trauma that shaped her and the truth that could free her. As love, violence, and legacy collide, will she risk it all to save herself?
Hear Our Cry is a raw, emotionally charged journey through the heart of the hood, told through the eyes of a girl coming of age in a house built on lies, power, and pain.
TRIGGER WARNING ; contains, s*xual abuse, dr*g abuse, physical and mental ab*se.
Raleigh, NC - just outside the city limits, in the rolling countryside where ranches meet modern southern charm. The Beaumont Ranch is both a family legacy and a community staple, but financial trouble is threatening its survival.
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Dasia Beaumont ("Dae"), a free-spirited horsewoman with a passion for music and nature, is stuck in a toxic relationship with wealthy manipulator Rj Robinson. While her mother Samantha pushes her toward marrying Rj for financial security, Dasia feels trapped.
When Stanley Chatman Jr., a charming, flawed country boy with ties to her twin brother Deandre, starts working at the ranch, sparks fly between him and Dasia. But their budding romance is complicated by Stanley's secret: he's also on Rj's payroll.
The Beaumonts' financial troubles, Rj's possessiveness, and Stanley's hidden loyalties collide - putting both the family's ranch and Dasia's heart on the line.