Every third child in Pakistan is out of school, and the crisis hits hardest among the Pashtun, an ethnic group caught between poverty, corruption, terrorist attacks, and traditions wary of secular schooling. The film follows Jalal, a boy whose classes take place in a tent pitched in the mountains, and his father's campaign to get the tent school proper support. Interviews and on-the-ground footage trace the history of Pashtun areas, the particular obstacles facing refugee children, and the pull of Islamic schools as an alternative to state education. Security threats against teachers and students surface repeatedly, and one scene shows parents at the tent school confronting the education minister directly over broken promises. The film also visits a village that managed to build a genuinely functioning school, using it as a counterpoint to Jalal's precarious situation, before returning to the open question of whether the tent school itself has a future. It is a grounded, specific look at what getting an education actually requires in this region.