Jacob King's story is that of a family that never quite made it. While he worked hard to maintain the huge ranch that his father left him behind, he masked his worries and economic troubles with the bottle, and everyday mundane tasks that kept him outside - and away from his family. Eventually, a family that reached its breaking point... Now, Jacob continues to bandage the pain of an estranged wife and young daughter with even more booze and tinkering about the ranch. At night he spills his worries to the local bartenders who will listen. By day he sweats out the night before with mundane tasks to keep his mind away from the past. But he's soon to learn that sometimes the past won't leave us alone... Written by JV

Dance to the rhythm of your own heart

When Mandy Jenkins catches her husband Cornell out on a date with Eloise Jackson in a small cabaret in Birmingham, Alabama, she and Jackson have a fight. Months later, Eloise is living in Harlem and about to star in a musical, produced and directed by Ted Gregory, who hopes to be the first black producer to put on a show on Broadway. Mandy, meanwhile, has also moved to Harlem, and is hired by Gregory as wardrobe mistress at the suggestion of his secretary, Lena, with whom Gregory has fallen in love. But Gregory has problems getting backing for the show, and is unhappy that Eloise often comes drunk and late to the rehearsals. And things look hopeless when Eloise breaks her leg falling down a stairway while in a drunken stupor. Written by Arthur Hausner

Max is on holiday at his grandmother's place in the Elzas in France. He's fascinated by the guitarplay of gipsy Miraldo. For writing letters to the social security institutes he gets guitarlessons from Miraldo. He becomes friends with Swing, a boyish gipsygirl, who shows him the nature and takes him to exuberant mucic evenings. Written by depruis

An optimisitc guy (Hugo Speer) is arrested and thrown in jail, while there he learns the saxophone from a fellow inmate (Clarence Clemons). Once he's released from jail, he and a few friends form a swing band while he tries to win back his girlfriend (Lisa Stansfield) who married the police officer who arrested him (Danny McCall)! Written by Michael G. Moen

You've Got It Laid In The Shade!