HighlandParkfollowsthefortunesofanimpoverishedcity’shighschoolfaculty(BillyBurke,DannyGlover)asbudgetcutseliminatemostoftheirjobs.Afterdecadesofanendlessdownwardspiralthiscloseknitgroupoffriendspoolstheirmoneyandputstheirfaithinonelastluckofthedrawforarecordlottojackpotandachancetoturntheirlivesaround.Emboldenedbythepossibilityofsuddenwealththeyexploretherootsoftheircity’sdecline,fromcorruptiontothelossofhopeandfaithinthemselvesandtheircommunity.Facingpressurefromaruthlesslyambitiousmayor(ParkerPosey),againstalmostinsurmountableoddstheydiscoverthatluckisactuallyintheeyeofthebeholder...