Themes: selling out, rebellion against family, expressive anarchism, radical changes of opinion
Rowan is part of a reporter/artist duo with Eli Baciu. They used their talent to tell stories about poverty. Ironically, this has earned them at least some small degree of fame. Both have been away from the neighbourhood for some years now. Now they are coming back - with recorders and a photographic apparatus.
The duo is going to be faced with some tough choices. The line between documentary, social commentary and poverty porn is thin indeed: especially if you have powerful people breathing down your neck. Including Rowan's parents, who are not really sure if they approve of Rowan's work and might want and need them to settle down and become financially stable.
Everybody who lives in La Cage is mostly poor and desperate. The families and professionals living in Apartment Blocks are the ones who really try to keep some semblance of normality in their lives. The Block A is the wealthier one - it consists of people that are sure to have food even next week but are not entirely sure if they can get medical care in times of need. All while enjoying the luxury of reliable electricity and mostly repaired windows. The people living here have at least some "power" due to their jobs, but almost everybody is afraid that their little slice of paradise will be taken from them by relocation to a different flat.
The collective of anarchists is, as it usually goes, not the most structured group with any clear hierarchy. They banded together because they shared a common vision. The Union is right about the oppression of capital, but wrong about the requirement of authority. The mankind does not need to be governed. The movement stands on three main principles - mutual aid, voluntary cooperation, and direct action. Those are non-negotiable, however, when it comes to the beliefs of the individual members, they vary greatly. Maybe that is the reason that they fight as much against the regime, as among themselves. But the group is fresh and ready to take on some less abstract shape. How will the anarchy shape La Cage?
The South Side Crew is a local La Cage street posse with a legacy, centered around the Apartment wing. Always sporting the purple color, and always reciting some sicko bars while blasting loud and violent drill music on the corners of their turf and having a life-long rivalry with a North Wing Slammers group. They spend their time not only spray-marking their territory and coming up with lit insults and rhymes, but also often making bold claims about how they will fuck the North Wing Slammers up, and then have to fulfill that promise. Lucky for them, they are not messing around and afraid of being as aggressive, as their lyrics suggest.
