A millionaire's brain is preserved after his death, and telepathically begins to take control of those around him.

A Black lawyer must come to grip with his prejudices after falling in love with a White woman while simultaneously defending a Black teenager who has been wrongfully accused of drugging and raping his White girlfriend.

A forty-something ex-policeman named Joe initiates an online relationship with twenty-something Tonya Sullivan. Conflicts arise after Tonya flies to Atlantic City to seduce Joe, and she reveals to him that she is married.

South African journalist Donald Woods is forced to flee the country after attempting to investigate the death in custody of his friend, the Black anti-Apartheid activist Steve Biko.