
Elia Monte-Brown was born and raised in the East Village, New York City, as the daughter of choreographers Elisa Monte and David Brown. She is an actress, teacher, writer, and strident feminist, and graduated from The Yale School of Drama.

After his son is tragically killed, a grieving father with a history of violence kidnaps the child responsible, igniting a frenzied manhunt fueled by a powerful politician, the father of the kidnapped boy.

Ghanaian-American Sarah is all set to abandon her Ivy League doctoral program to follow her married lover across the country.