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For seventeen-year-old Moss, anger is a firecracker, ready to explode at any moment. He lives with his emotionally fragile mother, struggles with panic attacks, and is haunted by the recent death of his father, a cop killed in the line of duty. And then there's the anger he sees simmering in the streets, in the news, in the daily injustices faced by his Black community. One day, Moss snaps. At school, he defends a friend against a racist bully, and the resulting fight is caught on video and goes viral. Suddenly, Moss becomes a symbol of resistance, an angry young man fighting back against a system that’s rigged against him. But this newfound attention also makes him a target. As tensions in his community escalate, Moss must learn to harness his anger, to channel it into something powerful and positive, if he's going to make a difference. "Anger Is a Gift" is a powerful and timely exploration of race, class, and the complexities of anger in a world that often seems stacked against you.
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Struggling with panic attacks and grief over his father's death, high school junior Moss, in the face of a racist school administration, decides to organize a protest that escalates into violence.
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