Shackling Water

From the moment he hears tenor sax master Albert Van Horn play, Latif Pearson knows his destroy. So at the age of eighteen, he travels from Boston to Manhattan to meet his idol and hone his skills in New York's jazz clubs. As Latif grows from amateur to professional, discovering sounds that are his alone, he finds himself struggling with unexpected distractions, including an affair with an older white woman, and involvement with a drug dealer. His story turns the elements of a classic coming-of-age tale into a riveting improvisation played for lovers of both words and song.