A group of Ethiopian Israeli youth decide to kidnap the police officer who peppered their adolescence with abuse and eventually murdered their closest friend. What starts off as a personal revenge scheme quickly boils over into a massive national protest movement against police violence and for equality. Led by the pain and rage of Selam, the beautiful sister of police's victim, and the small-time crook Indal, the group capture the officer in an abandoned public pool and turn the whole area into an autonomous zone for the struggle.