In the wake of 9/11, a first-generation Muslim teenager discovers her mother’s record collection. The songs reflect her parents' migration stories (from Iran and Ecuador) to America, unlocking memories and serving as a roadmap to her identity.

The ruins of a falling apart care system frame the stories of two women whose job is to always be waiting.

South Los Angeles is a historically Black neighborhood with deep ties to the Great Migration and the modern American story. Images of the present, along with marvels of Mid-Century design and architecture, are woven together with a chorus of cross-generational voices. They echo the lives that have been created and lost, that have populated and animated these structures and avenues.

Sasha documents the events and her feelings in the first days and months of the war in her home country of Ukraine. Trying to distract herself, she plunges into her thoughts and memories. Because of the danger, she and her grandparents have to leave the city. In the village to where they evacuate, time loses its limits, and the future is unimaginable.

What's the difference between growing up and growing old? Two parallel journeys explore time, age and memory.