Ablackandwhite,fantasy-likerecreationofhigh-societygaymenduringtheHarlemRenaissance,witharchivalfootageandphotographsintercutwithastory.Awakeisgoingon,withmournersgatheredaroundacoffin.Downstairsisanelegantbarwheretuxedoedmendanceandtalk.OneofthemhasadreaminwhichhecomesuponBeauty,whoseemstorejecthim,althoughwhenheawakes,Beautyissleepingbesidehim.HisstoryandhisvisitstothejazzanddanceclubareframedbyvoicesreadingfromthepoetryandessaysofHughesandothers.Thetextisrarelyexplicit,butthefreedomofgayBlackmeninthe1920sinHarlemissuggestedandcelebratedvisually.