Middle of Nowhere

Ruby (Emayatzy Corinealdi) is a registered nurse in Compton, California, who had been working to become a doctor and now dedicates most of her time to visiting her husband Derek (Omari Hardwick) in prison and helping him to get paroled early. Flashbacks during the film depict Derek's arrest and, along with encounters with one of Derek's friends, Rashad (Troy Curvey III), suggest that Ruby has not been aware of everything that Derek had been doing. As pressures for Derek's case build, Ruby's life becomes increasingly constricted. She ultimately distances herself from from her sister Rosie (Edwina Findley), whose daughter she has often cared for, and from her mother Ruth (Lorraine Toussaint), who is poisonously bitter that her daughters have not lived up to her expectations.