Nya is a Black inner-city public high school teacher. She runs her classroom strictly and is committed to her students, but sends her own son Omari away to an upstate private school in order to give him "better opportunities." When her son risks expulsion over a controversial incident, Nya must confront his rage and her own choices as a parent. But will she be able to reach him before a world beyond her control pulls him away? With profound compassion and lyricism, Pipeline brings an urgent conversation powerfully to the fore.