An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.
How is it to be black in Sweden, a country which prides itself as the most tolerant and open-minded in the world? African-Swedish contributors tell tales of a different reality.
A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver for an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.