A Black American songwriter dies and goes to Hell, where he causes more trouble for the Devil than initially expected.

Going under the name "Black Elvis," a performer meets a another vocalist and faces an identity crisis.

Going under the name "Black Elvis," a performer meets a another vocalist and faces an identity crisis.

An African American man in his early-20s becomes renowned for his blues performances on the streets around the United States, playing for jail inmates, young couples, and passerbys alike.

When a melancholic blues singer gets his big break, he discovers that his success as a musician is mutually exclusive with his happiness as a human being.

At a Blues Festival, a fourteen-year-old boy talks to his father for the first time but does not reveal who he is.

In the far future, a woman is selected to undergo a Great Becoming. As she is forced to choose what she will become, she realizes that someone people do not have to choose at all.

A Black singer moves her community through the power of song throughout the tumultuous 20th century as she sings everything from blues to gospel music.