A young man reunites with his father, and they share a meal and a movie. Years later, he reflects on the memory as he struggles to reconcile his complex emotions about fatherhood.

In 2018, a pedestrian on the New York City’s Lower East Side witnesses a young Black couple in love, prompting a consideration about the storytelling, hope, and Nelson Mandela.

A man attends a classical music concert and uses it as a surrealistic form of escape as he copes with the news of his mother's death.

When a dog discovers a dead child in a trash can, his owner seeks help from a local family man.

A young boy born into slavery meets a newly purchased slave from Africa who refuses to let go of his culture, despite the master's attempts to christianize him.

A lonely man hears a story about a blind African-American basketball player and wonders if the story may have saved his broken relationship.

A Black couple vacationing in France implodes after facing countless microaggressions, taking their discontent out on one another.

A devoted mother wants to protect her children's innocence, but this changes when her son gravely injures her only daughter.

An American visits an Israeli friend from his past who had recently emigrated to Maine and gotten remarried. They discuss the hostage situation in the Middle East and she reflects on where her loyalties lie.

In conversation, a Black girl recalls the day she ate a caterpillar as a child, and her mother discloses the more violent events that happened the same day.