Made for tv christmas feature starring billy ray cyrus. After a fight between classmates dj and rodney jaishon fisher and zak ludwig, their parents take action to make them spend time together and attempt to overcome the racial barriers that are plaguing their surrounding rural texas in the 1960s. The pair's differing personalities and their town of canaan don't make it easy for them to get along, but caring for a wounded puppy brings them together over the festive period. The boys form an unlikely friendship but will it be strong enough to have any affect on the wide reaching racial tension in canaan?