A Black woman reflects on her experiences as a slave on a plantation, where she not only witnessed but also committed inconceivable violence.

A middle-aged man’s trip into the Irish countryside causes him to reflect on the dreams he gave up for his now-failing marriage.

A woman whose husband has gone to war finds herself living in his mother's house; her inability to control her impulses rouses the ire of her mother-in-law, and drives her into the arms of her husband's brother.

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

A racist grandfather and his grandson get lost in the Atlanta. The grandfather wants to convince his grandson that Atlanta is bad because of its Black population, but his grandson does not yet understand race.

A teenager in America during World War II grapples with his personal, hostile feelings toward the Japanese farmer who moves next door.

In the WWII era, a married couple spectates a death-defying stunt. The husband likens the impossible feat to their failing marriage and is relieved when the performer succeeds, but when the man then falls to his death, his wife's strange reaction signals the end of their love.

After World War II, as he skis in the mountains of Switzerland, a Jewish Frenchman recognizes a German man who once left him for dead in the snow as a child.

Frustrated with the state of his own marriage, a sailor finds himself in a state of unbearable anger when the ship's engineer divulges his fiancée's private correspondence, leading to a confrontation between the two men.

A sexually frustrated preacher becomes obsessed with a local wealthy woman, but she finds him abhorrent.