Lifelong friends Theo and Xochitl, from Long Beach, California, now in their twenties, grapple with the consequences of pollution from multiple oil refineries in their city. After Xochitl's mother passes away during a heatwave attributed to climate change, she becomes disenchanted with her college's slow response to divestment. She confides in Theo, who is fighting leukemia, and together they join forces with Alisha and five others to take drastic action: detonating an oil pipeline in West Texas.

How to Blow Up a Pipeline
A group of passionate environmentalists risk everything to challenge a lucrative oil pipeline, testing the boundaries of their convictions.