"I knocked on the door, and a sad-looking black man opened the door. He wore an old, dirty butler suit, and a weak smile. This is John, the Henderson Family servant."
It's the 90's and African-American men and women across America were treated as less, they are purely slaves.
Tj Voskresensky and his friends sneak into the basement of their school to mess with a ouija board. Once they make contact, they learn that the spirit they talk to was a slave who was worked to death. Tj becomes extremely interested in why these people are slaves, and realizes how wrong it actually is. He starts speaking about this. Many people feel the same, but are scared of the strict and cruel government, one wrong word could easily get them locked up. Tj thinks if he's going to prison for his passion, so be it. Tj, with the help of others, stands up against slavery, at whatever cost.
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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