My movie concept involves a Black neighborhood under attack in the early 20th century. After a young man is found dead, beaten and battered, on the Black side of the railroad tracks, the town must organize and figure out how to grieve - and worse - how to avenge the death.

A few weeks after the murder of the young man, several Black folks in Thomville decide to torch the White side of the town and flee. The movie deals with the troubling decisions behind it, the organizing of the rebellion, and the consequences that follow.