The Legend of Step To

Marvin Step To Baker is crushed by two untimely personal tragedies. A drunk driver kills his beloved cousin Tim. The chance and glory of Tim and Step To winning an Olympic gold medal a long-held dream of theirs is destroyed forever. Step To (an inner-city term which meant to boldly assert ones self be courageous go forth and face challenges with direct action and disregard the risks and results) is left an angry broken-hearted ornery and rebellious black man without hope and purpose in his life. He later becomes encouraged and enlightened to help the black community by Elaine a militant community activist who falls in love with him. In a fit of dispair however Step To ends up joining a drug trafficking gang. But when the gang abducts Elaine and holds her and some of her allies hostage Step To becomes a crusader hellbent on saving the woman he loves and the black/brown community amidst both violent crime and racial turmoil in 1980 Compton California.