Piece-meal Clan
September 22, 1997
Piece-Meal Clan centers around Desmond and the family of mostly unrelated individuals which has been pieced together for him, or by him to provide stability. Tensions arise when Desmond’s long absent father attempts to claim a place for himself inside the clan. We have an opportunity to view the internal dynamics of the clan, and the relationships that maintain it both as a social institution in African-American life, and as a volatile backdrop for a boy coming of age.