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A young Black woman in 1919 Mississippi loses her faith after discovering her friend's lynched body and is sent to Chicago amid racial violence and personal transformation.
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A young Black woman in 1919 Mississippi loses her faith after discovering her friend's lynched body and is sent to Chicago amid racial violence and personal transformation.
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Growing up in Mississippi, Alena had been sheltered by parents who didn't want her to know how cruel the post-World War I world was to black people. But finding the lynched body of her best friend J.C., who had just returned from the war in Europe, changes Alena and destroys her faith in God. A gifted writer, Alena wants to tell the world what happened, but her parents, knowing that she would be the next one hanging from a tree if she did, send her to live with an aunt in Chicago. As Alena strug...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Romance & sex
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Two men enter her life with implied romantic tension but no explicit scenes
Violence & gore
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Central lynching discovery and racial violence with body depiction
Profanity
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No profanity or strong language depicted
Substance use
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No substance use depicted
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ representation
Religious content
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Core Christian themes of faith crisis, forgiveness, and reconciliation
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft elements
Occult / demonology
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No occult content
Political content
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Explores Jim Crow racism, prejudice, and social upheaval
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide depicted
Abuse & suffering
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Lynching, racial trauma, and systemic oppression central to plot
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