Based on real people and real stories, The Corner is a powerful drama of personal struggle, revealing one family's fight for survival in the inner city where even the buildings they live in are clinging to life. It chronicles a year in the lives of 15-year-old DeAndre, his mother Fran, and father Gary, along with their friends, enemies and neighbors. They exist ina world of illicit drugs-heroin and cocaine-surrounded by the need that fuels the business, and the business that fuels the need. The Corner builds towards an ending that is so powerful and revealing, it could only be real. Based on the non-fiction book "The Corner: A Year In The Life Of An Inner City Neighborhood" by David Simon.