LaLee's Kin is about hope and how we managed to survive in spite of conditions. Our "family structure" was broken down with the middle passage and slavery. The film highlights how the effects of slavery and sharecropping have prevented one community from coming out of poverty. There are communities like this all over the U.S. and still people choose to look no further than their front yard. It's like folks have blinders on or something. Ignorance.

The film also shows people doing something in their community to create lasting change and the obstacles they face. It's about hope.