Born in a poor town in Georgia, Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven after witnessing his younger brother's accidental death. Inspired by a fiercely independent mother, Charles found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard.
A collision of worlds occurs when two African-American families from divergent socioeconomic backgrounds get together one weekend in Martha's Vineyard for the wedding of Sabrina and Jason.
When Percy Jones' daughter brings her new boyfriend home to meet Percy and his wife Marilyn, he is unaware that Simon has already proposed to Theresa and plans to announce the engagement at Percy and Marilyn's 25th anniversary party.
Juvenile detention camp probation officer Sean Porter, along with another officer, Malcolm Moore, turns a group of hardcore teenage felons into a high school football team in four weeks.
After being dumped by his fiancée, Quincy Watson pens a "how to" book on breaking up and becomes a best-selling author on the subject. Not wanting his male friends to suffer the same fate, Quincy gives them advice on dumping their mates.
When DJ, a troubled youth from Los Angeles, moves to Atlanta to attend Truth University, he discovers "stepping," the age-old style of dance traditionally done in African-American Fraternities.
Four couples are in Las Vegas for a wedding, but plans for a romantic weekend go awry when their various misadventures land them in some compromising situations that threaten to derail the big event.