Pilloton-Lam and Miller described the curriculum, ultimately named Studio H, as shop class for the 21st century, where the design process could address the community's problems and its own sense of possibility.

Named after its focus on "humanity, habitats, health and happiness,"[5] the curriculum "empowered young people to become creative problem solvers and at the same time encourage them to become more active citizens.

[11] The film backtracks to tell the story of Matt Miller and his thesis project from the Cranbrook Academy, where he designed and constructed along with classmate Thomas Gardner a 900 sf, two-story infill house.

Together the Project H team identified student Stevie Mizelle's preliminary concept model to develop further, subsequently completing construction of the farmer's market to approximately 75% before the school year ended.

Students featured in Studio H were Erick Bowen, Rodecoe Dunlow, Kerron Hayes, Anthony Johnson, Stevie Mizelle, Cameron Perry, Cj Robertson, Jamesha Thompson, Colin White and Alexia Williams.

The film also features County Commissioner Ron Wesson as well as volunteer Eric Wandmacher (friend of Pilloton-Lam and Miller) and Superintendent of Public Schools, Chip Zullinger.

Prior to one-year Studio H curriculum in Bertie County, Pilloton-Lam and Miller had completed four architectural projects with the school board, as backed by Superintendent Zullinger: four playgrounds, three computer labs, a weight room for the football team, and a county-wide graphic campaign.

[16] Other tensions arose, and in a 2013 interview, Pilloton-Lam identified a racially and politically charged context that surrounded the curriculum and the project — describing Bertie County as a place where "hundreds of years of slavery and institutionalized racism is very much still alive and kicking.

Miller was the first student at the Cranbrook Academy to design and also build his thesis project (along with classmate Thomas Gardner): a 900 sf, two-story block infill house[12] at 2126 Pierce Street in Poletown, Detroit.

The house, ultimately abandoned,[13] had a construction budget of $60,000 and used all-volunteer labor along with carefully selected materials (e.g., concrete block and rubber membrane roofing) to keep costs down.