In 1976, 10-year-old Cole Malby is told to forget everything he thinks he saw regarding the death of his Pennsylvania coal miner father and the shooting that paralyzed his mother (Kirkland). Thirteen years later, Cole (Christopher) and his younger brother Patrick (Widener) struggle on the family farm and decide it's past time to find out the truth. Naturally, there are a lot of people determined to make the brothers sorry for their interference.