A young boy stays with his mother and their slaves at a farm in the Deep South, while his father and brother fight as Confederate soldiers. When Union soliders show up for a meal, the boy confronts the humanity of the enemy.

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 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.

At the dawn of the Great Depression, an aged Black man returns to the Virginia plantation where he was born a slave 99 years ago. His arrival forces the now-destitute family who once owned him to confront their poverty and their racism alike.

An older white man in the South agrees to hide a Black fugitive on the same night his old lover visits with her husband and son. When a mob arrives at his house in pursuit of the fugitive, the older man inadvertently causes the death of his newfound kin.

In a town so small it can hardly be called a town, a black woman serves a rich white family until a series of horrific events causes the single joy in her life to vanish.

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.

Willie Proudfit sits on his front porch one night and reminisces on his time living a wild and rowdy life out West on the plains, side by side with Native people. After a near-death experience, he comes to recognize the importance of settling down in a place you can call home, with the people you love.

Attempting to make a fortune off of growing and curing tobacco in the South, a white man hires a Black couple to harvest the crops. When he hires another white man who disrespects the Black couple even less, he must begrudgingly intervene.

A poor, elderly Louisiana man confronts his responsibility to his grandchildren, his mistakes with their parents, and his own past when a cruel word on the street catches him off guard.