Dancing Trees

Martha (Katie Boland) sees the world as animated and fun. She is an autistic mathematical genius yet is incapable of caring for herself. Living a dull routine with her cousin, Nicole (Brooke Burns), and mother, Josephine (Amanda Tapping), she sees the good in everything and everyone. When her mother is viciously murdered before her eyes, Martha is sent to a foster home. Nicole is distraught and battles for custody of her cousin, but the police constantly block her requests. Finally Detective Velez relents, on one condition. Martha must help find her mother's murderer. While caring for Martha, Nicole realizes the power of love and finds the hope which she had lost.