David and his wife, Pamela (Ilfenesh Hadera), are pillars of New York’s Black establishment, regular six-figure contributors to the Studio Museum in Harlem, but his planned buyout involves putting up the family’s entire fortune. Sitting in his Rolls-Royce en route to his office, in midtown, he turns to his chauffeur, Paul Christopher (Jeffrey Wright), for counsel. The men are lifelong friends, having grown up together in a rough Bronx housing project. Paul, who freely refers to his time “upstate”—that is, in prison—is grateful to David for putting him back on solid footing, and the pair’s bond is deepened by their having sons around the same age. David’s son, Trey (Aubrey Joseph), and Paul’s son, Kyle (Elijah Wright, the actor’s son), are best friends and are attending a summer basketball clinic together at Long Island University. (The coaches are L.I.U.’s actual coach, Rod Strickland, and the former N.B.A. player Rick Fox, both playing themselves.)journey-inline-newsletterinline-newsletter