When Andrew Sterling, a successful black urbanite writer, buys a vacation home on a resort in New England the police mistake him for a burglar. After surrounding his home with armed men, Chief Tolliver realizes his mistake and to avoid the bad publicity offers a thief in his jail, Amos Odell a deal.

A New York magazine art director, a married mother of two who just turned 40, decides to record the events of her day in a journal. The film won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.