The Red Road is a gritty dramatic thriller that centers on Harold Jensen, a sheriff struggling to keep his family together while policing a small town near the Ramapough Mountain Indian Nation in New Jersey. After a terrible accident is covered up by his wife, Jean, Harold finds himself dangerously intertwined with Phillip Kopus, a cunning ex-con and member of the local Native American tribe. As old secrets resurface and long-standing tensions between the townspeople and the tribe escalate, Harold and Phillip form an uneasy, volatile alliance that threatens to destroy everything they hold dear.