Zoe, an autistic teen actor, sits through yet another audition where the adults behind the table label her “the autistic one,” joke that she “doesn’t look autistic,” and ask if she has an “autistic super power” —you know, “like Rain Man.” Her dad Gerry, a struggling screenwriter, hustles her from room to room while she’s forced to navigate an industry that reduces her to a checkbox.

Andrea “Drea” Stoney, a queer, Deaf poet, feels isolated at her grandmother’s repass, surrounded by a distant family uninterested in ASL. Seeking refuge in quiet corners of the family brownstone, her world is further shaken when her estranged father Samuel—temporarily released from prison after 20 years to mourn his mother—arrives. Bound by grief and blood, father and daughter must confront their strained relationship and find fragile reconciliation before his return behind bars.

A father knows his son is different in a way the world may not understand, so he keeps guiding him toward the safer paths, the gentler dreams. He believes it's protection. But when his son comes home with a dream of his own, Dad must choose: keep steering him away, or trust that his boy's light is meant to be seen.

Deaf homeowner Kevin and repairman Doug clash over who's to blame for a broken air conditioner, with tensions boiling over when money enters the conversation. Acting as the middleman, the translator struggles to stay professional-- until Doug's offhand remark pushes her to stop playing nice.

When filmmakers face a festival rejection over a missing audio description, their race to fix it leads to a profound discovery.

While Antonio introduces his son to a virile form of masculinity, Vanessa realizes that her brother prefers men.