It is 1968, and three sisters are put on a plane bound for California to spend the summer with a mother that left them when the youngest was born. Delphine, the oldest, has a few fragmented memories and a lot of information from Big Ma about Cecile, her mother. Vonetta and Fern have Delphine, a mature 11 year old, not afraid to take on the world. Their dream of a mother who wants and loves them is short-lived when they get to Oakland and find a mother who hardly acknowledges them, won't let them in the kitchen, and sends them to a Black Panther summer camp to eat and spend the day. The girls lean a lot about themselves, the Black Panthers, their mother and the world in the 28 days they spend with Cecile.
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