Barren Endeavour

In the midst of The Great Depression, a man travels east whilst the desperate many travel west in search of the elusive Promised Land. It is 1934 and Jack Gray, family man and farmer from Nebraska, has embarked upon a compelling trek across the states with New York City being his destination. A drifter looking for work on Jack's farm has mistakenly identified Jack as a gangster from the Big Apple that had mysteriously disappeared years earlier, leaving furious enemies baying for blood. The transient flees before being convinced that he was wrong. Jack's father is then forced to reveal the startling family secret, meaning Jack has to depart in an attempt to intercept the stranger intent on leading a pack mobsters back to Jack's home. Leaving his family during the most desperate of times, Jack must rely on his own resilience and strangers along his journey, where the horizon is often as remote as his chances of catching the desperate drifter hungry for redemption salvaged from a life in exile.