While a graduate student in Illinois, Steve James volunteered as Advocate Big Brother to teenager Stevie Fielding. Though they had lost touch, ten years later Steve returns to check in on his young friend and finds him at a turbulent crossroads in his life. Stevie has been charged with molesting a young family member, an accusation that has amplified the discord that already exists among his extended family. Reentering his life as both a filmmaker and friend, Steve hopes to be a supportive figure to Stevie as he navigates these difficult circumstances. Steve wrestles with this complicated role without shying away from the divergent, sometimes volatile, responses of all involved. In the process, we’re introduced to a complicated young man who resists efforts to help him and the cycles of abuse and neglect that have led to life as he knows it. Provocative and wrenching, Stevie sheds light on the moral perils of documentary filmmaking.  ST