A Black, southern house servant with internalized racism, joins her mistress on a visit to another region, where she observes Black people acting with something she abhors: autonomy.

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.

When a northern writer arrives in a rural Tennessee town to better understand the culture for his novel, he is put through a harrowing night by the menfolk who, in the course of an elaborate joke, convince him he has inadvertently killed the son of his hosts.

A Confederate officer begrudgingly fights in the American Civil War until his disastrous last battle helps seal the fate of the war for good. After the war, he constantly repents for his critical mistakes until, decades later, he comes to a shocking revelation about the fateful battle.

In the mid-twentieth-century South, a black mother's greed has haunting consequences for her and her coveted son.

A young Black girl and her great-grandfather begin a journey on foot following a death in the family. In their search for education, they must face the dangers of their poverty, the racism of the area, and their physical capabilities.

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

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.

An early twentieth-century housewife moves with her family to the deep South. When a runaway horse appears in her yard, she questions her town's casual racism as they make assumptions about the horse's owner.

As three Georgian women try to do right by their family and its long-lasting legacy, their strength and perseverance leads each of them to unlikely places.