The Water Man – Mengedepankan kisah tentang keluarga berkulit hitam, film ini menceritakan tentang petualangan seorang anak muda bernama Gunner Boone (Lonnie Chavis) mencob untuk menyelamatkan ibunya (Rosario Dawson) yang sakit. Suatu hari mereka pindah ke kota kecil pedesaan bersama sang ayah (Oyelowo).

Saat penyakit ibunya memburuk, Gunner menghilang ke dalam tumpukan buku tentang sains dan supernatural untuk mencari legenda lokal yang dikenal sebagai “Manusia Air”, yang dikatakan bisa menipu kematian dan membawa rahasia kehidupan abadi.

Sinopsis from IMDB
Gunner and his mother share a special bond. She supports his daydreaming and artistic pursuits, while his frequently-on-the-road father, Amos, with whom Gunner shares a strained relationship, has other ideas about where his son’s interests should lie. Gunner and his dad attempt to smooth over their differences for the sake of the family, but when his mom’s sickness worsens, Gunner disappears into stacks of books on both science and the supernatural in search of possible cures. When Gunner and his rebellious friend Jo go missing during their quest into the Water Man’s mysterious forest, Amos must immerse himself in his son’s world to find them and put his family back together.