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In 19th-century Nova Scotia, Beatrice is the multiracial daughter of slave owner Francis Chancy and Mafa, a Guinean enslaved woman whom Francis raped. After Francis forces Beatrice into an incestuous encounter, Beatrice and Mafa conspire to murder him.
The poet X returns to Nova Scotia hoping to win Shelly’s love. Her brother Othello becomes entangled in an employer’s political schemes and a fatal quarrel, bringing racism and injustice into a drama of love, betrayal and survival.
In 19th-century Nova Scotia, Beatrice is the multiracial daughter of slave owner Francis Chancy and Mafa, a Guinean enslaved woman whom Francis raped. After Francis forces Beatrice into an incestuous encounter, Beatrice and Mafa conspire to murder him.
The poet X returns to Nova Scotia hoping to win Shelly’s love. Her brother Othello becomes entangled in an employer’s political schemes and a fatal quarrel, bringing racism and injustice into a drama of love, betrayal and survival.