Synopsis
The Flatted Fifth
Published by Samuel French Inc
2 Male 2 Female
Now in his twenties and a veteran of street violence and jail, Sonny has an explosive reunion with his childhood friend Ray Diaz, a Puerto Rican poet in drug rehab. With their girlfriends, an African American author of children's books and a sultry English/African trumpet player, Sonny and Ray embark on a B'nai B'rith trip for artists to Israel
They encounter hostile soldiers, sympathetic guides, a nightmarish talk show host, a Hebrew hip hop bartender, Masada, the Wailing Wall and, most poignantly of all, themselves. The last leg of their journey changes each of them forever
"A quick moving, cinematically paced drama" ~ N.Y. Post