Kathmandu, Jan. 26 -- Keep your hands visible.

Only speak when spoken to.

Sixteen-year-old Starr knows these rules by heart. When she was 12, her parents taught her how to deal with cops, because she isn't "too young to get arrested or shot." Starr lives in a predominantly black neighbourhood notorious for its crimes, and the shadow of her ex-convict father looms large. Her parents do all they can to shield her from her bleak, threatening surroundings. But all their caution doesn't help when a white police officer shoots Starr's best friend Khalil right in front of her. Ripples of this devastating incident travel far and wide-engulfing Starr in dilemmas of personal safety and public good, blatant and hidden biases, injustice and prejudi...