WAY PAST COOL is a coming-of-age story told in reverse - the gripping tale of a group of young black kids and their fight to reclaim their childhood. The Friends, as they simply call themselves, are 12-and 13-years-olds living on the ragged turf of aOaktown, better know as Oakland, CA. When a powerful 16-year-old drug dealer tries to set the group against their rivals in an attempt to overtake the neighborhood, they have no choice but to make the most difficult of decisions - and act as men. Moving and funny, lyrical and shocking, WAY PAST COOL will take you inside the minds of the most unlikely heroes.
