在莉莉（梅丽莎·麦卡西饰）遭遇不幸后，一只椋鸟跑来霸占了她的花园，一场人鸟之间的地盘争夺战拉开帷幕，没想到的是，这也意外成了她情绪的出口，让她找回勇气修复人际关系，并再次学会如何去爱。

Aaron's father's funeral is today at the family home, and everything goes wrong: the funeral home delivers the wrong body, his cousin accidentally drugs her fiancé, and Aaron's successful younger brother, Ryan, flies in from New York, broke but arrogant. To top it all off, a mysterious stranger wants a word with Aaron.

在荒凉炎热的戈壁峡谷，唯一的水源处，斑马们正进行快乐的游戏。巨大岩石的阴凉处，一匹母斑马拼尽全力生下了一只小宝宝。然而令斑马们震惊的是，这只新生儿只有前半身有条纹，后半身雪白一片。伙伴们大肆嘲笑这个名叫库巴（杰克·T·奥斯汀 Jake T. Austin 饰）的小可怜，甚至认为它是不幸的象征。太阳继续散发着苦毒的热量，水源越来越少，干旱悄然来临，死亡正悄悄逼近。
从妈妈的口中，库巴听说了斑马身上条纹的由来。虚弱的妈妈最终被死神带走，库巴也决定去寻找传说中那个魔法水潭，只为变成一匹真正的斑马。不谙世事的小家伙，就此踏上了凶险和充满希望的旅程……

Advertising executive Nick Marshall is as cocky as they come, but what happens to a chauvinistic guy when he can suddenly hear what women are thinking? Nick gets passed over for a promotion, but after an accident enables him to hear women's thoughts, he puts his newfound talent to work against Darcy, his new boss, who seems to be infatuated with him.

Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations as a parent start to become a problem and the authorities take her away. Sam convinces high-priced lawyer Rita to take his case pro bono and in turn teaches her the value of love and family.

About existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.