A Thousand and One

It was 1993, and 23-year-old Inez de la Paz (Teyana Taylor) came back to Harlem after a year and a half in Riker's in search of her 6-year-old son Terry (Aaron Kingsley Adetola). After abducting the resentful boy out of the foster system, her fitful efforts over the next decade-plus to carve out a life for them in NYC receive a moving chronicle in writer-director A.V. Rockwell's effort. Aven Courtney and Josiah Cross co-star as the teen-years Terry; with William Catlett, Terri Abney. 117 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.