In Living Color

Seeing the world in black and white…When Sam Hicks became the first Black attorney in the public defender's office in Utica, New York, he was stepping into the unknown. Coming from a background marked by poverty, he understood the devastating impact of violent crime on the Black community. With his own struggles with anger and trauma, Sam now faces the daily challenge of defending young Black clients and others who are caught in a cycle of violence and despair on the city streets.As his personal and professional worlds collide, Sam confronts the insidious whispers that Black skin signifies inferiority and servitude. Can he find a way to break the cycle of generational poverty, incarceration and premature death?Cursed Black is Ed Thompson's compelling Christian drama about Black-on-Black crime in America and the criminal justice system.

As if the life of a Black attorney in the public defender's office wasn't already hard enough, Sam Hicks' road to redemption hits a rough patch when most of his cases are re-assigned to a racist judge who clearly has it out for him and the poverty-stricken men and women he represents in court every day. Admittedly, Sam has made great strides since becoming a Christian, but some of the old demons from his childhood simply refuse to go away, and he continues to struggle against old belief systems about race and his identity.What if he's never able to fully change his thinking or to trust God in all things?