When a German professor teaching Comparative Literature at an Indiana university in the 1950s receives a letter, he suspects anti-Semitic motives.

A maid, silently and in thought alone, contemplates her own position in a house full of opulent, decadent lives.

From across the universe, two sisters try to keep each other in contact.

Through visions of the past and future, a man ponders his place in the Black freedom struggle.

George Washington's chef, whose culinary talent is brought alive by magic, reflects on his career back when he was enslaved.

In a world where spices aren't legal, a family business ponders how to make their café thrive.