Four artists-an African American, two Chicanos, and a Native American-concoct a wild scheme to drive to Washington, D.C. and paint a mural on the side of the White House. As the band of artists takes to the road, the group's leader suspects ancestral spirits are guiding the journey. Spiritual intervention, however, soon proves to be the least of the group's worries. San Francisco-based Peter Bratt's multicultural spin on an old genre places the young men at odds with each other and head to head with a few twisted characters they meet on the road. Benjamin Bratt (of TV's Law and Order) delivers an inspired performance as Abel, a Chicano muralist whose anger, misogyny, and appetite for violence can barely conceal his inner despair. (This is a) penetrating film about the far-reaching implications of colonialism and the transformative power of art.-Julia Jaurigui, SFIFF '96