Six Prayers and a Dream is a story of an African-American family, that fights off adversity and conflict of the 1960's with prayer, in the hopes of realizing a dream deferred and a better life. A young boy comes home from college to change his family's view on the civil right's movement. His grandmother, Big Mamma, is the force behind the family. She decides to march with her grandson, if it is the last thing she does.