Ara, 17, struggles with a lack of self-esteem which has led her to think she’s not smart enough to pursue university. As the deadline for university applications approaches, she struggles to decide what to do with her life.

Ara also wrestles with her home and social life commits. Ara’s hard-to-please aunty is coming to visit and risks exposing the many lies and secrets Ara keeps from her mother.

Ara is tasked with cleaning the spare room in her home, but is distracted by a box of mix-tapes she discovers that hold stories from the past.