The film was shot in 1977. The Stans live in the slums south of Los Angeles. Stan works in the slaughterhouse, and although he works hard day and night, his meagre salary is still not enough to improve their poor lives. Busy with his work all day and having little communication with his wife and naughty son, Stein slowly drifted away from them. Two of his acquaintances fooled around all day, killing people and crossing the line. They wanted Rastan to join them, and he agreed to make a living. When it was done, Stan used his share of the money to buy an old car with his friend Eugene and commute instead of walking to and from work. The careless Eugene broke the car's engine, and Stan repaired the car and wanted to use it to take part in the race and win the prize. Unfortunately, the car had a flat tire on the way to the race, so Stan had to put aside the idea of the race and go back to work at the slaughterhouse. The film, directed, written, photographed and edited by Charles Burnett, truly reflects the polarization of American society, through the unsuccessful experience of struggling protagonists at the bottom who take risks to try to change the plight of life. It preaches that in the harsh social reality, people have nothing no matter how hard they try.