Explores the lives of two couples, one Jamaican and the other English, whose worlds intertwine in post-World War II Britain, at a turning point in the long relationship between the two countries. It is a story of tender emotion and sparkling wit, of crossings taken and passages lost, of shattering compassion and of reckless optimism in the face of insurmountable barriers.

Derek Vinyard, the charismatic leader of a group of young white supremacists, lands in prison for a brutal, hate-driven murder. Upon his release, ashamed of his past and pledging to reform, Derek realizes he must save his younger brother, Danny, from a similar fate. A groundbreaking controversial drama about the tragic consequences of racism in a family.

In 1940's Chicago, a young black man's life takes a tragic turn after he accidentally kills the daughter of his white employer and then tries to cover it up.

An African American soldier stationed in France has a brief romance with a white woman while on leave; a bigoted white insurance salesman wakes up one day to find he has become a black man; a taciturn performer in a sex show goes on the run when a pair of racist cops frame him for a crime he did not commit; while trying to wreak havoc on a house party in Harlem, two minions of Satan find their plan thwarted by their hosts' generous spirit.