With one more day of parole left, J.T. vows to play by the book. But when he finds out his mom will lose their home unless they come up with a serious amount of money, J.T. takes a chance by entering a lowrider contest that violates his parole.
A poor, elderly white woman living in a tenement in a black ghetto is befriended by a neighborhood boy, and the two of them form a mutually beneficial relationship: he provides her companionship and protection, and she becomes the mother he never had.
When her brother is murdered, a young reporter sets out to find his killer. She is comforted by his boss, a wealthy computer magnate, until her investigation slowly points to him.
When two bumbling janitors stumble across a briefcase full of cash, it's game on... Or so they think. After immediately blowing all the cash on cars and clothes, they discover that the money belonged to the mob, and the mob isn't happy. An ultimatum is laid down and the two janitors have a week to...
Velvet Jesus tells the gripping story of a gay man's desperate journey to discover the truth about his past. Along the way, he uncovers secrets about himself that will forever change the course of his life.
