"Tree" is a short film with a running time if 19:58. May, an African-American writer and divorced mother of two, discovers she has a short story due in a week. She negotiates with her ex-husband to watch the kids all week and sits down to write. She's unable to concentrate and winds up calling her boyfriend and setting up a date. Still, she procrastinates. She meets Cal, her boyfriend, and her best buddy Kelly at a friend's house. The next morning she and Cal have an argument. As she tries to write she finds her mind wandering to Cal. She meets Kelly at yoga and gets turned on by the guest instructor. Later, she still can't write. Now she daydreams about the yogi. She meets friends for drinks. And she runs into Cal toward the end of the evening. She's very hung over the next day and miserable. She can't write and her love life is all messed up. It's what she needs to free herself to write. Cal shows up at her door and tells her how much he loves her. May's world regains its equilibrium. The film ends with her writing her story.