Dock Boy Diaries is a 1990s coming of age story following three young black men in Goose Creek, South Carolina, struggling to avoid the violent temptations and lure of street life, while preparing for life after high school, 3 months shy of graduation. Part one of the story follows their three way gang triangle, the Bandits and the Skulls, with two of the city's roughest gangs, as they fight to protect their friend, the infamous Carlos.