The Playground is a short film surrounding a social revolution set in high school. Each stereotypical clique fights for respect and power of the school halls in a delicate gang network. After years of building an empire, the Monitors (the newspaper club) rule the school. An athlete, Miles, decides to upset the imbalance of power by intentionally losing an important lacrosse game, skewing the results in a massive internal gambling ring and sending the whole student body into an uproar. After the game, Miles must evade the Monitors and find help in the other clubs to prove school-crippling embezzlement and bring peace back to West Pine High.
