Marion 在亚利桑那州凤凰城上班，每天中午都急匆匆地与男友幽会，然而男友却因为推说没钱给前妻赡养费而迟迟不肯离婚。这天Marion要替老板存进4万美元进银行，一时冲动之下她决定捐款潜逃。沿途她换车后又遇下雨，身心备受煎熬的她见到路边有一家贝兹汽车旅馆，便决定留下过夜。贝兹汽车旅馆的老板Norman 是个个性良善的青年，只是面对房间中的母亲十分敬畏。Marion只想赶紧度过今晚，然而在她淋浴时被恐怖杀害。Marion的妹妹Lila 一路追踪失踪的姐姐过来，也住进了贝兹汽车旅馆，私家侦探Milton则帮助Lila将目标锁定在Norman身上。一切都似乎与Norman的母亲有关，那控制着儿子的母亲，到底是何方神圣？

这部纪录片是对艺术界最引人入胜的争议之一的深入探讨，是多伦多、纽约和AFI电影节上备受赞誉的作品。导演唐·阿戈特以扣人心弦的方式记录了对巴恩斯基金会控制权的漫长而激烈的斗争，该基金会拥有价值超过250亿美元的私人艺术收藏。1922年，阿尔伯特·C·巴恩斯博士围绕他无价的艺术收藏建立了一所卓越的教育机构，位于费城以外仅五英里的地方。现在，在巴恩斯去世50多年后，一群有权势的利益集团通过法庭争夺艺术品的控制权，并打算将其迁至费城的一个新博物馆。站在他们的路上的是巴恩斯的一群前学生和他的遗嘱，遗嘱明确规定基金会必须始终是一所教育机构，绝不能移走这些绘画作品。他们能成功吗？或者一个人的意愿会被打破，美国最伟大的文化纪念物之一会被摧毁吗？

在每集里，24名参赛者将互相竞争并在规定时间内通过障碍以产生最后4名决赛选手。这4名选手将面对Wipeout区。最快完成者将获得5万美金的奖励。

Ashes and Embers is an original screenplay by Haile Gerima, about a Vietnam veteran, who, several years after the war, is struggling to come to terms with his role in the war, and his role as a Black person in America. He survives by working odd jobs in Washington, D.C. and living with his girlfriend and her son. When criticism of his alienated behavior come from her and a father figure too often, he runs to the streets or to his grandmother's rural house in Virginia. Her criticism and his memories of the past both send him fleeing again to Los Angeles, where he is surrounded by superficial people who have forgotten how to be compassionate human beings. It is here that the advice of his friends and grandmother combine to transform him from an embittered ex-soldier to a strong and confident man.