In Jim Crow America, a newly animate Black doll struggles to find herself a loving human friend.

An African American man from the twentieth century goes back in time to prevent his town from being destroyed by a mob of violent whites.

A PhD student travels to a rural Southern town to research a folk hymn for his dissertation. His research leads him to the discovery of a malicious cult that performs horrifying rituals.

After three years of being attacked with racism and hatred, a Black man decides to put his coworker in his place.

At the height of Jim Crow, a white American boy watches a baseball game that pits their town's Black and white residents against one another. When the white side begins to inflict harm on the Black team in order to win, the boy witnesses the violent reality of racism for the first time.

A mixed-race planter in the deep South deals with the fallout of a shocked revelation after the birth of his son.

In Iowa, a young Black man goes to a party where he meets a host of artist types who cause him to reflect on how people relate to each other.

A Black writer in the 1930s sets out for Durham working on a project about the folklore of ex-slaves. During his work, he comes across the Night Doctors who will take everything he has for him to go free.

A Southern black woman living in South Carolina confronts herself and the legacy of the Confederacy.

When a worker at a grocery store witnesses a man's arm get severed while attempting to grab a watermelon, it reminds him of an old story during slavery where a watermelon was the symbol of a blessing.