Bennie Moten's Blues

Set in the vibrant yet tumultuous backdrop of 1920s Kansas City, "Bennie Moten's Blues" explores the lives of three families as they pursue their versions of the American dream amid the chaos of Prohibition, corruption, and racial tension. Portia and Oliver Bandy grapple with the legacy of racism, while idealistic lawyer Avi Kaplan seeks to change the world for the better, and his sister Miriam yearns for love against societal constraints. As tensions rise with a wildcat strike for equal pay and a suspicious disappearance, the stakes become life-and-death, revealing the often harsh realities of their intertwined fates.